Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.

When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied.

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.

If the Senator can find in Title VII any language which provides that an employer will have to hire on the basis of percentage or quota related to color, race, religion, or national origin, I will start eating the pages one after another, because it is not in there.

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights.