In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.

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

I am not here to judge whether people are locked in poverty because of themselves or because of the society in which they live. All I know is that they are there and we are trying to do something about it.

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

Never answer a question from a farmer.

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.

There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.