"I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality."

"… and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes."

"A nation is the same people living in the same place."

"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being."

"There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise."

"I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes."

"The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself."

"I supported my friend Congressman Shuler over former Speaker Nancy Pelosi during our party's leadership elections in November citing a need for new leadership."