Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.

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.

[W]e need to think twice about raining down vengeance and anger as our default position.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Because the Republican Party are filled with cowards they're afraid to reach out to the Hispanic community, they're afraid to reach out to the black community.

He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.

I believe we have to move, eventually in our country, toward a system of public financing that really works for candidates running for federal office. I will support that as president.

Some women take up the law and become lawyers. Other women lay down the law and become wives.

As long as you're fierce and you have that inner confidence with yourself, you can get through anything.

There's much you can't change, but there's something important you can change: you.

Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.

Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose to form and dignity