The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But slow moving is not the same as immobile.

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny.

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.

We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same can be said about our most ardent foes.

When we vest our personal opinions with the trappings of religion, we make religion the servant of our politics.

I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.

Who is the Saviour? The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun.

We are still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things. We're the nation that always dared to dream. We're the nation that dared to take risks.

If, when you talk to people, they keep backing away from you, it's because you're TOO CLOSE, alright? SO DON'T KEEP ADVANCING ON THEM LIKE A HUMAN GLACIER.

If flowers want to grow right out of the concrete sidewalk cracks I'm going to bend down to smell them.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

I was listening to this record by Paul Desmond called First Place Again. It's incredibly gorgeous. There is nothing better that you would want to get from music than you get from that record.

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked up the 20th century.

Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic