If somebody comes before me and I think that they will do a good job in fulfilling the mission - even if I might not have nominated them - if I think they're gonna do a good job, I vote for 'em.

Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.

If faith is your motivation, share that.

Most evil in the world is only partly because of an evil person. Most of it is because of the complicity of bystanders.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - that's the right policy.

We spend at least $5 for remedial education right now for every dollar we put in early childhood education. All the studies on early childhood education show this is going to pay for itself.

Matters about reproduction and intimacy and relationships and contraception are in the personal realm. They're moral decisions for individuals to make for themselves.

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

If you want to have a society where people are respected and respect laws, you can't have somebody at the top who demeans every group that he talks about.

I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.

A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.

Do it double, because some can't do it at all.

Acquaintances are numerous. Friends are few. Enemies many.

But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy.”“Already crazy about you, Sage.

Air freshener is man’s pitiful attempt to have his food smell as good, after digestion, as they did, before ingestion.

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.

I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.

Just as the blessings of God are unutterably great, so their acquisition requires much hardship and toil undertaken with hope and faith.

We are freer than we think.

What do you think? Young women of rank eat - you will never guess what - garlick!