The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts.

What did the president know, and when did he know it?

It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.

In Washington I'm thought of as a conservative, but in Tennessee I'm thought of as a Bolshevik.

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care.

If you don't like the question that's asked, answer some other question.

Eventually, somebody is going to be a hero, and somebody's going to be president. Not necessarily the same person.

The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol.

You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think.

Listen more often than you speak.

God would not have brought you to this place to leave you here without the archangel's help.

Compassion stands on the pillars of trust, love, awareness and detachment.

We lost our country somewhere along the way. We know where we lost it but we do not appear to have the strength to eliminate those blocking our view to enable us to develop our common identity.

The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well-being of others.

A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding...

In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.

Science lives only in quiet places, and with odd people, mostly poor.

You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time.