We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

You made a lot of mistakes, and you wrote a lot of crap. But it was all part of the learning process.

Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.

My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, they're the best songs ever.

It's about the quality of the worry," I said. "I have happier worries now than I used to.

Don't you DARE use party as a verb in my shop

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

I want to be able to discuss craft but I also want to teach writers to trust their instincts and learn to listen to themselves above all others.

No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well.

Freedom is slavery some poets tell us. Enslave yourself to the right leader's truth, Christ's or Karl Marx', and it will set you free.

Collaboration is really important.