The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.

Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.