I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision.

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.

I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die.

I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no.

In every moment, know that the Lord's presence is always with you.

Time appears to be most wasted when someone seeks truth in lies

A cat is basically a great egomaniac who keeps the human company as long as it pleases itself.

The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love.

I'm a very good sleeper.

I like a woman who has both maturity and ingenuity. This comes under the heading of femininity.

The anger and fear are so global. And of course, we live where we live and there's a hierarchy to who is worth what. It's been going on for a long, long time.

"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others."

We have to go for what we think we're fully capable of, not limit ourselves by what we've been in the past

The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody toassociate with me who does not wish me near them?