“The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.”

“The moral test of government is how it 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...”

“Johnson had a sense of humor, and he could kid with me, he would say. Johnson didnt enjoy talking with most liberals. He didnt think they had a sense of humor.”

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

“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”

“A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.”

“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”

“There is no future without a past, because what is to be cannot be imagined except as a form of repetition.”

“In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.”