I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day, the last words of one of them was, The country is safe. Jefferson still lives. And the last words of the other was, John Adams will see that things go forward.

When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.

A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7.