No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.

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.

Be willing to give up something you believe to be of value to get something of greater value.

Life is about making good choices, Matt. One after the other. They pile up day after day. It's only when you look back that you can see what the choices led to. What you're able to stand on.

Love was the most susceptible to random failure of all human enterprises.

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

College was a wonderful time - except, of course, when it was trying to teach you things.

I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me.

Don't be afraid to go after what you want to do, and what you want to be. But don't be afraid to be willing to pay the price.

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.