I have been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart - by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they've never met and will never see again.

All the wisdom doesn’t reside in one party.

Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.

At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.

Sure, losing an election hurts, but I've experienced worse. And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating. In conceding the 1996 election, I remarked that "tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do." I was wrong. Seventy-two hours after conceding the election, I was swapping wisecracks with David Letterman on his late-night show.

A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy

We'll all be riding that streetcar of desire.