It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot.

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.

Evil is like a shadow. It follows you.

All blood runs red.

There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.

I found I could extinguish all human hope from my soul.

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

The industrial revolution took the father out of the home and put the kids in school. And then everyone had their own little scene.

I learned to focus and work hard and not give up. I learned that every obstacle is really an opportunity.

Before she married my father, my mother was a film reviewer for The Akron Beacon Journal - a small newspaper.

It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.