"I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public promises its members made last fall, and that it will demonstrate a high capacity for civil service."

"Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still."

"I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee."

"In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past."

"Make no mistake. There is no such thing as a conventional nuclear weapon."

"What we've got here is a failure to communicate."

"Where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living."