People are frustrated. They're fed up. They don't think the government is working for them.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

O Zeus, why is it you have given men clear ways of testing whether gold is counterfeit but, when it comes to men, the body carries no stamp of nature for distinguishing bad from good.

I’m not paralyzed by fear about what might have been or what might be. I’m grateful for what is and I make excellent use of what I’ve got.

The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not.

Money is the medium of exchange, and it's how you make things happen. To say you hate it is some farfetched, idealistic crap.

But all the money in the world cannot make you happy either, so there has to be a balance.

Observe, don't imitate.

We were all given our opportunities to be ourselves. A little bit of ourselves.

The only proper intoxication is conversation.

Trust as little as you can to report, and examine all you can by your own senses.

The articulate, trained voice is more distracting than mere noise.