I've long held the belief that as a leader, I can't ask of you something that I can't do myself, and I can't impose on you values that I don't live out.
Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
You venture into the unknown land because that is where your heart will take you. In the end, it is not what you want to do, it is something you have to do.
Life begins at eighty.
It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.
That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.
I feel most people’s sexuality is enormously complicated. That’s what it means to be human. Wouldn’t it be great if we honored that complexity rather than turn it into gossip or ridicule? Wouldn’t it be great if we accepted sexual diversity, in ourselves and others, without condemning it?
Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.
Throughout history, ideas need patrons.