Since childhood at my mother's knee, I have believed in honor, ethics and right living as its own reward. I find a very small minority who agree with me on that premise.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others

Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.

The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.

Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.

A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.

In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.

Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don't talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged.

Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.

Prisons are the temples where devils learn to prey. Every time we turn the key we twist the knife of fate, because every time we cage a man we close him in with hate.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Johnny Colt is a character, and most people in Lynyrd Skynyrd are characters, so he fits in great with us. He's got an attitude, man, and I love it, and that's what we need.

Giving no pain to any creature, let him slowly accumulate spiritual merit, for the sake ,of acquiring a companion to the next world, just as the white ant ,gradually raises its hill.

I have a lot of vanity.

All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.

If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector

And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.

I like to work for a while, and then do nothing for some period.

The message is always going to get through. Me being able to speak is a message in itself.