"Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol' boys about college sports because I follow it like they do."

"My dad was a workaholic. I saw him work seven days a week."

"Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system."

"I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could."

"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace."

"We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace."

"In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful."