I was not in favor of U.S. troops in Lebanon. And I voted against it.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came an Indian said simply 'Ours.'

Creativity stands at the center of all education.

I went to school on Senior Skip Day.

Cat, you ruined mom's dress!" "Honey, it was ruined when she bought it.

The repetition in Nature may not be a mere recurrence; it may be a theatrical encore.

We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.

Never knowingly leave anything wrong on your canvas.