Senator John Stennis: The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man. ... It freed my soul.

You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.

I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.

No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the people of this nation.

All the people we loved, who have died, are still alive in the past. The only thing that really separates us is time. It's a matter of perspective. That's what separates optimism and pessimism.

I had not, it seems, the originality to chalk out a new road to shame and destruction, but trode the old track with stupid exactness not to deviate an inch from the beaten centre.

My life has been turbulent forever like the waves of the sea.

Though you may feel that you cannot improve the world, you can always improve yourself. In doing so, the world becomes a better place.

Will you shed your tears for the souls of the nations?

When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.

I think one of the reasons I'm standing here instead of other people is that, frankly, I talked about it, we have to have a strong military.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

A man is at his strongest when he is willing to accept his vulnerability

To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.