On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.

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 can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.

You’re afraid, Chris. You don’t let yourself trust or feel too deeply, because you don’t want to be hurt. I don't want to be hurt either.” ...Lindsay Reynoso

The revolutionary government was required to become the government of the war.

LIBERAL, n. A man with his mind open at both ends.

Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back.

Capitalism was reasonably content under Hitler, happy under Mussolini, very happy under Franco and delirious under General Pinochet.

Even though I wanted to be John Malkovich or Sean Penn when I was a kid, mostly I was a music nerd.

Confusion is what we're living with - not being able to make sense of what's happening to us from day to day. Whereas making sense is what we're aiming for - making sense.

Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of the covenant.