The greatest honor that has come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.

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.

That is the worst thing about despair: it is not constant, any more than love is.

one of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood

There is a point in the imagination of a creative man when the wrong thing is correct almost simply because it is wrong.

May we love, support and help one another.

You want Change, today we'll show you Change!Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat!

For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions, and consequently of no use to a good king or a good ministry; for which reason Courts are so overrun with politics.

I'm not going to say it's laziness, but I'm not a grand creator of new characters.

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

I don't get sick. I can't afford to get sick.