I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me.
Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons.
People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.
Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.
The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly, or mean.
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.
The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore.
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
We learned the value of research in World War II.
I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.
Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
A presidential candidate's great desire is to be seen as pragmatic, and they hope their maneuvering and shifting will be seen in pursuit of some higher purpose. It doesn't mean they are utterly insincere.
You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.
The fight against AIDS in China is already well underway. The Chinese government and other funders are providing major support, and they'll continue to bear primary responsibility for delivering prevention and treatment.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
