I think to a degree this happens when they [russians] spot a softness in us, which I think for a while they did.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

Dark clouds not only bring thunderstorm, They also bring rain.

There is an old saying, that in the desert a camel is more useful than a kingdom, " he said ruefully, "but as a location for lovemaking, it leaves a lot to be desired.

Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.

I can't stay mad at Pope Frank. I just can't. It's a funny situation that I like the pope and Mel Gibson doesn't.

Clary's mother apparently reguarded him as about as sexually threatening as a goldfish.

Democracy ... is never won but always to be won.

I see myself as a mascot for the kids who get beat down and don't feel like they belong.

That was the one thing I had going for me. Taking care of your family.

To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.