We are disgusted by the things that we desire, and we desire what disgusts us.

I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering. I don't remember dithering at all.

It's a Little Leaguers game that major leaguers play extraordinarily well, a game that excites us throughout adulthood. The crack of the bat and the scent of the horsehide on leather bring back our own memories that have been washed away with the sweat and tears of summers long gone...even as the setting sun pushes the shadows past home plate.

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.

A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well. But there's another part to the shining city. In this part of the city there are more poor than ever, more families in trouble, more and more people who need help but can't find it.

Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair.

There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.