When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.

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.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz.

Troubles, they may come and go, but good times, they're the gold.

Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language.

Nothing can be accomplished just by reading words. A sick man will never be cured of his illness through merely reading medical instructions!

Rock roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting.

If you want to find out what it means to have a society without any rituals, read the New York Times.

I'm inspired by everything that I encounter, from the environment to people to other songs, movies and artists.

The biggest thing I worry about is the unsubstantiated story. You have to tell the people what you know -- and acknowledge what you don't know.