To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.

So much of what passes for public life consists of little more than candidates without ideas, hiring consultants without conviction, to stage campaigns without content. The result, increasingly, is elections without voters.

The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends.

The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government is not a necessary evil but a necessary good.

I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.

The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid.