Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The world can move or not by changing some words.

God did not give us the gospel to convince humanity

Probably in a parallel universe not far from here, I'm working for Nintendo.

If I now recognize evil in other people, is it not because I have become evil too?

There was an embarrassing moment at a recent Democratic fundraiser. When John Kerry was handed a $10 million dollar check, he said, 'I do.'

The Republicans just want to bankrupt the government. They think that the government should do nothing, except maybe support the military. So terrorism is perfect for them.

Philosophy has degenerated into ideology.

Many of my friends were blacklisted. America should be ashamed of it forever.

In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.

I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous.