You can make people do anything if they're afraid.

I think it's a trial balloon to see what happens, and I'm not impressed with it.

I'm not giving the president a blank check, period.

There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion.

I'm old enough to remember John Kennedy sending a few advisers into Vietnam. I'm very worried we'll get in and we'll get mired down in something we don't have any idea what to do [with].

have patience or be a patient. Have patience in preparation moments or be a patient after preparation moments

When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone - there are many, many other things to be considered.

I can't sleep without the TV on, so we leave it on during the night, and that's what wakes me up - Joe Scarborough and 'Morning Joe' at 7:30 or 8.

Free grace can go into the gutter, and bring up a jewel!

Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

I believe myself that there's a great deal more interest and engagement among Americans than our politicians recognize.

And I think, not for the first time, that what is immoral is not always wrong.

And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.