"Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach."

"My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness."

"Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."

"I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something."

"We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity."

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

"I hate science fiction."

"The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years."