The absence of war is not peace.

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.

I have not known him long indeed, but I am much better acquainted with him than I am with any other creature in the world.

I've fallen in love a hundred times in my life! But never like you. So I wonder if I really fell or just tripped, you know?

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.

I am a very thorough person.

Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms.

Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in. It's change you can Xerox.

A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body.

Electronic music, for me, has been the only real pioneering music that actually does push boundaries and is constantly futuristic.

If it's time for you to go, leave willingly - as you would to accomplish anything that can be done with grace and honor.

Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.