The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have.

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory in defeat. The hardest job for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an extreme position.

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.