"I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program."

"The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain."

"I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way."

"I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House."

"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."

"Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while."

"It is a timeless truth that the moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In the depths of adversity, character is forged in the fires of discipline."