The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.

No one has the power to shatter your dreams unless you give it to them.

We have the ability to write the blueprint for our own goals, and decide how we want to pursue them. If we allow others to do it for us, we won’t achieve our full potential to be the best we can be.

God has something great in you that can take you very far in life if you consistently push hard and long enough, despite your fears and doubts.

sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in but what was worn and hackneyed out of all sense and meaning

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.

Dave! Relax! Close your buttcheeks!

I get criticized for anything I do.

I don't like workouts that make you bulky.

Through the picture, I see reality; through words, I understand it.

Of all the creatures on this planet none is more dangerous than a human being.