I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions.

A judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds his oath to God, not to the people, to the state or to the Constitution.

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think.

I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just my kind of people.

And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now.

The most reliable friend you have is your shadow.

Forget the face of God, and forget your own name is Beloved.

Time only goes in that one direction.

He comes with those in his employ, to watch, gathering evidence and confession. His success speaks of a countryside rife with evil, an intemperate plague of witches . . .

You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.

One of the things that fascinates me is the music of speech.

We love things that are dangerous yet sexy. We love things that are powerful and wise.

The silence was unbearable to him. If the pictures could have reflected the feelings inside him, they would have been screaming in pain.