The problems of a retired schoolteacher in Duluth are OUR problems. That the future of the child in Buffalo is OUR future. That the struggle of a disabled man in Boston to survive and live decently is OUR struggle. That The hunger of a woman in Little Rock is OUR hunger. That the failure anywhere to provide what reasonably we might to avoid pain is OUR failure.

What I didn't do was pick one thing and keep saying it over and over again, so I could have gotten credit for it.

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.

We believe in encouraging the talented, but we believe that while survival of the fittest may be a good working description of the process of evolution, a government of humans should elevate itself to a higher order.

For me to make lasagna would be a desecration of a great Italian dish. . . . I don't mess with sacred things.

Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

In this life, you should read everything you can read. Taste everything you can taste. Meet everyone you can meet. Travel everywhere you can travel. Learn everything you can learn. Experience everything you can experience.