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A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We ...  
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independ...  
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-...  
Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not soc...  
Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to chan...  
For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally...  
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debat...  
Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of h...  
I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, mo...  
I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that...  
I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than i...  
If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is fer...  
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends...  
It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lo...  
It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do w...  
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that governm...  
Never answer a question from a farmer.  
Never give in and never give up.  
Never give up on anybody.  
Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's...  
The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. ...  
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but...  
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.  
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.  
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand o...  
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It i...  
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be t...  
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if...  
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to en...  
There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil ri...  
There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone...  
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone ...  
To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.  
Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ruthlessness...  
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.  
We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on bu...  
We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politi...