Every night before I turn out the lights to sleep, I ask myself this question: Have I done everything that I can.... Have I done enough?

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.

There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it.

Faith builds, cynicism destroys.

I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.