"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."

"Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

"It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the most profound truths are found in silence."

"While there's life, there's hope."

"The best thing I've learned is, if you're going out, never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust, they can say, be wary of that person. I probably used to be too trusting of people."

"To dream is to realize that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this."