If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth.

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

In the books, I meet characters which I really like and I think that they are like me... but so far I haven't met them in real life!

Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.

With high trust, success comes faster, better, and at lower cost.

The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.

One of the failings of ideologues is their inability to see that everyone else isn't necessarily an ideologue like them.

You curl your hair and paint your face. Not I: I am curled by the wind, painted by the sun.

Technology will have moved on to an unimaginable level in ten years.

Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other people or make jokes about themselves. I chose myself.

It's not what you're going to take from martial arts, it's what you have to give to martial arts

I love to write humor. If I could make a living doing it that is all I would write.