We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.

Never put yourself in a position to be made an example of.

Don't tie your success to anything other than what's inside you

When people sleep, others stay awake to effect changes in the world. Every other person wakes up in the morning to a totally different world

There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it was time to begin, He couldn't because of the state he was in.

We learn most readily, most naturally, most effectively, when we start with the big picture - precisely when the basics don't come first.

Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.

Notes, usually to be musical, have to move in or out. They don't sound like clarinets!

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

Expediency often silences justice.