It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve.

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.

I want us to know our world. If I lived in North Georgia on up through the Appalachians, I would be just as crazy about the mountain laurel as I am about [Texas] bluebonnets.

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.

My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life.

I love Washington, but it is a self-important town.