We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.

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 are giving me words to write and that's even better than butterflies.

I would love to have more kids. Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family.

Harness the power of peers.

We read, frequently if not unknowingly, in search of a mind more original than our own.

In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.

I think we've all experienced sort of becoming who we are as a reaction to what we come from.

You cannot hear opportunities knocking if you are busy knocking opportunities.

I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.

I just love leopard print.

I dont believe in pressure. Pressure doesnt affect me at all.