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.

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

Like many things in our national life, we miscalculated. We overestimated our ability to control events, which is one of the great dangers of a great power. Power tends to be a substitute for judgment and wisdom.

It is always a risk to speak to the press: they are likely to report what you say.

Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.