There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.

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.

If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.

Another fine mess you've got us in Stanley.

Wit is cultured insolence.

I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.

My agent is the quickest, sharpest man on earth.

I've been at Liverpool for eight years, and the time has come for us to start achieving.

The mind's pleasures are made to calm the tempests of the heart.

He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.

Black women are the touchstone by which all that is human can be measured.

If God had meant men to have children, he would have given them a PVC apron.