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

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.

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.

Freedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves - not of the government.

Women administer the home. They set the rules, enforce them, mete out justice for violations. Thus, like Congress, they legislate; like the Executive, they administer; like the courts, they interpret the rules. It is an ideal experience for politics.

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk.