The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.

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.

Think of, at the moment of dying, is there will be any enemy for you? None! Everyone will be the best friend. So win all your enemies with your divine love when you are living.

Peace is a road to happiness and the future.War is a road to destruction and death.

If you want to go to a place you have never been before, you have to ask questions you have never asked before. Don't feel shy to ask questions about things you don't know!

They’re so brave, " she said. "They’re all dead." "Only a coward would think of that, " she said scornfully.

Every triumph has to overcome the fear of tragedy.

Storytelling and elegant style don't always go hand in hand.

[Washington] is the political capital. It's essentially a big office.

The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.

Remember Henry Adam's jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution?

Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.