We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my Crown, that I have reigned with your loves.

If you treat people right they will treat you right — ninety percent of the time.