Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble.

What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.

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.

We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.

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

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.

Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.