The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.


It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.


Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.

There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.