One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure our own soul.

The right to criticize: the right to hold unpopular beliefs; the right to protest; the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood... Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own.

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.

I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny-fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear.