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.

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.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

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

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

Peace of mind is another way of saying that you've learned how to love, that you have come to appreciate the importance of giving love in order to be worthy of receiving it.