My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children.

I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.

We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.

Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.

Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer.

Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools of war, more on decent houses than military aircraft.

Sometimes people think that because you have money and position you are immune from the human experience. But I can feel as lonesome and lost as the next man when I turn the key in the door and go into an empty house that is usually full of kids and dogs.