"I have said that I am a Republican, but I have also said that I am an American first."

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it's the size of the fight in the dog."

"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed."

"The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, and understanding. To these must be added the utterly essential quality of humility."

"The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but brotherhood."