People are selfish, but they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel threatened. That's why this is such a crucial time. We can go in either direction. But if we don't make a choice soon, it will be too late to turn things around. I think people are willing to make the right choice. But they need leadership. They're hungry for leadership.

Parties are instruments of government....The business of parties is not just win elections. It is to govern. And a party cannot govern if it is disunited. (Kin…

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.

Our gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the bea…

Everybody wants to go to bed with everybody else, they're lined up for blocks, so I'll go to bed with you. They won't miss us.

Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests.

Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.