No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Change starts with awareness and once infected with knowledge the mind can never return to ignorance.

And then I know I'm being a man, not just some kid who's upset and wants it his way.

Loneliness was the price of the quest. I don't belong to the people who cannot live alone

My fans firstly [inspire me]. They make me want to be a better person and really motivate me when times get tough. Also Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" and, oddly enough, hubcaps.

There was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like, you know, the Hitler Youth or whatever. I mean, who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing.

Love is the basis of our friendship as it is of religion.

I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?

My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.

I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film

God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily. The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.