It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

You never fully get over [losing a presidential campaign]. But I've had a good life. I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter.

Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward. Come home to the belief that we can seek a newer world. And let us be joyful in the homecoming.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.