I've always told my children that life is like a layer cake. You get to put one layer on top of the other, and whether you frost it or not is up to you.

I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.

Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.

If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew, leaders who told us when things were tough and that we'd have to sacrifice, and that these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.