If you don't have your own goals, you'll be doomed to work toward someone else's.

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

Being HIV positive doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to die before each and every person who is HIV negative.

The best thing about America is that it gives you space. I like that. I like that you buy into the dream, it's a lie but you buy into it and that's all that matters.

Fear enslaves us, Truth sets us free and the only Truth is the Oneness.

arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.

Righteousness is easy in retrospect.

President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

An abyss seems to have opened between the intellectual cosmopolites of culture and the people, hungry for word and meaning.

gossip is just the small change of conversation.