Occupation: American Politician Birth: February 21, 1936 Death: January 17, 1996
I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What is my exciting thing for today?' Then, I do the day.….
If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority..
We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves..
When do any of us ever do enough?.
I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that y….
There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure..
Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ...Fairness treats everbody the same..
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest..
The stakes ... are too high for government to be a spectator sport..
Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the commo….
If you had to work in the environment of Washington, D.C., as I do, and watch those men who are so imprisoned and so confined by their eighteenth-cen….
My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminuation, the s….
We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted..
Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will reco….
I never wanted to be run of the mill..
It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it..
We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds..
We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using….
[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time..
The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms..