Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.

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.

You did say something I found offensive yesterday.What was that?I believe the word you used was friends.

How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again?

But we must not suffer over the suffering.

It is not in Montaigne, but in myself, that I find all that I see in him.

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

We must assist the British in the war as if there were no White Paper and we must resist the White Paper as if there were no war.

The more hideous the mental contortions, the greater the delight and bravos of the mass.

SUCCESS is not about HERE and NOW. you must pass the TEST OF TIME. the litmus test is FIFTY YEARS from now. SUCCESS is SUCCESSION.

There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.

Nothing during the year is so impressively convincing as the vision Christmas brings of what this world would be if love became the daily practice of human beings.