We are an unfinished nation.

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.

Poets are Prisoners8-29-2015Poets are prisonersPractitioners, commissioners &conditioners of the spoken word Caged by their own mindsWords are shackles

All it takes is rumor...The danger itself is irrelevant. It's the perception of danger we're selling.

Time is an avid gambler who has no need to cheat to win every time.

I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.

Our sense of calling should be like an unfolding epic adventure.

Nobody has time to keep trying on a load of things in the morning like a teenager.

It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy.

As soon as I ended up being incarcerated, I said, you know, this is not the life for me.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Sell your presence and purchase bewilderment.