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.

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.

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

American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

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.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has.