The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast but never sinks.

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.

Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.

When I feel the heat, I see the light.

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

There is limit to what we can learn.

Because people heal a whole lot faster when they're with someone who loves them

Just a child. All this time we've feared you, sought you. And you're nothing more than a human child.

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

If you have a Bible that’s falling apart, you’ll have a life that’s not.

Almost all stress, tension, anxiety, and frustration, both in life and in work, comes from doing one thing while you believe and value something completely different.

Even if there's a tiny tiny chance, isn't that worth going for it?

To me, conservative means believing in a minimum amount of government and a maximum amount of freedom - and keeping government out of people's lives and business - and leaving people alone.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

Painting and illustration cannot be mixed—one cannot merge from one into the other.