It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for attainments or abilities, to disappoint the hopes which they had raised, and to end in neglect and obscurity that life which they began in honour. To the long catalogue of the inconveniences of old age, which moral and satirical writers have so copiously displayed, may be often added the loss of fame.

The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled.

Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don't want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.

The future holds little hope for any government where the present holds no hope for the people.

If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.

I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.