when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do the same.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible.

If you have a dream, dont wait.Act

Some of you may think that you are not of interest because you don't have access to classified information. You are mistaken.

Farming -- a vocation accursed of heaven, since one never saw a millionaire involved in it.

Beware of those who have never been bored, depressed, or angry. There is something seriously wrong with them.

Don't tell me what I can't do!

I think my parents' lives are worthy of writing about. I don't think my life is particularly worthy of writing about.

The future is here, now, and the past is full of actual deeds, real history. Utopias hardly have the meat on their bones to sustain a people in grave times.

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title

As WArden Lawes once said of convicts, no man can be called a failure until he has tried something he really likes, and fails at it.