Harold E. Hughes

“The politics of fear has been with us for a long time. It is the politics of the demagogue.”

“I came to realize that my job was not to be the governor of the saved, but the governor of all the people.”

“The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is not a problem of physics but of ethics. It is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man.”

“It isn't a matter of whether you are a Republican or a Democrat. It is a matter of whether you are a human being.”

“We have confused the free with the free and easy.”

“What a man is is more important than what he has.”

“The greatest battle is not physical but spiritual... it's the battle for the hearts and minds of men.”

“You cannot legislate morality.”