We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

To be honorable, you have to make sacrifices for others.

Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.

Only those with whom you have bound karmic accounts, in the past life, will be able to live with you together.

A postcard and I'm pining for New England. . .

All rhetorical questions are accusations.

AIDS is a state of mind, not a disease.

I thought I’d learn a few new words, but the men were too shocked to even swear this time.

I have adapted the whole book [Candid] into tweets of 140 characters, and these are being sent out daily, at the rate of eight tweets per day .

What would you do if you knew that every good thing in your life depended on your getting enough rest? Because it does.

People think that atheists have nothing to live for, but that's not true - it's that we have nothing to die for.