"A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever."

"I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate."

"Your children need your presence more than your presents."

"America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth."

"Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice."

"I remember in 'Law of Desire,' where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than I killed a man. It's interesting to see how people can pardon you for murdering a man, but they can't pardon you for kissing one."

"If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn't shoo them away - well, that's the height of romance."

"Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision."