(President) Lyndon Johnson still snapped between exultation and insecurity.

Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally.

A candidate with no experience they would package as a citizen politician, a lifetime hack as an elder statesman.

Violent crimes had increased from 120 per 100, 000 in 1962 180 per 100, 000 by 1964.

For the first time on Planet Earth (in 1964 America), a nation was made up of more college students than farmers. An unheard-of 42% of high school graduates sought higher education.

Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism.

Goldwater had never even considered a non-Arizonan. Like a man on his deathbed, he wanted to be surrounded only by friends.

A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches.

Goldwater hardly ever mentioned a statistic. He hardly ever used it EXAMPLE. He presumed you already knew what he meant. Reagan SHOWED you.

Goldwater's approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes.

Ronald Reagan was just as angry. But he made you want to stand right alongside him and shake your fist at the same things he was shaking his fist at.

Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude.

Happiness is an inner perception, not an outer realistic conception.

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences

The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.

And then I was asleep. That deep, can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth sleep, that sleep that is not particularly restful but difficult to wake up from all the same.

I've always wanted to be Wonder Woman, of course. She had the greatest costume.

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

We are all part and parcel of one country. And that country is of love.

Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive.

Let us sing a new song, not with our lips, but with our lives.