During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.

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We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that housands has almost...

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that housands has almost...

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which...

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which...

We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the...

We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the...

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this...

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this...

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is...

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is...

The oil can is mightier than the sword.

The oil can is mightier than the sword.

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ...

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ...

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to...

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to...

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men....

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men....

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem...

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem...

This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. Its...

This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. Its...

Men have laid down the rules and definitions by which the world is run, and...

Men have laid down the rules and definitions by which the world is run, and...

We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But...

We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.