“A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.”

“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.”

“Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.”

“This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.”

“Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.”

“The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.”

“It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”

“Never give in and never give up.”

“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”

“I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.”

“To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.”