The last thing members of the committee want to do is pass legislation.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

You can change the world again, instead of protecting yourself from it.

Any Federal official, who engages in employment discrimination, lacks the moral integrity to evenhandedly enforce our Nation’s laws or manage Federal programs.

I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

That is one good thing about this world - there are always sure to be more springs.

My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself.

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways

I'm psychotically involved in every tiny little aspect. That's just the way I've been about everything my whole life.

One hand washes the other...both hands wash the face.