What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

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.

We go from most doubted to most respected with the right outlook and attitude to life.

It's vital to our survival to be positive.

Minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.

It is in your power to release the ability of God.

I know that life, I’ve done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine.

But we're dying here.

People who are chronically tardy never understand the many ways in which they screw up the schedules of people who are punctual and 'normal'.

After all, the nation is not just an entity. It's a story. It's a story of what's salient, what brought us together, what we are willing to live and die for.

Ritual and ceremony in their due times kept the world under the sky and the stars in their courses. It was astonishing what ritual and ceremony could do.

Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.