The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read.

She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master's finishing touch.

If you want to be a lion, you must train with lions.

I think if I try to develop a formula, it ends up not working.

I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history of the United States.

With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure.

You need three things in the theatre - the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something.

People do horrible things when they're young. There might be betrayal and there might be things that should be forgotten.

Procrastination is the best action against putting an ankle bracelet on future.

The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.