There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them.

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.

None of us would trade freedom of expression for the narrowness of the public censor. America is a free market for people who have something to say, and need not fear to say it.

The President is the peoples lobbyist.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

There is a lot of difference between failure and defeat. Failure is when you are defeated and neither learn nor contribute anything.