I always believed in love, compassion and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential.
I had always believed that I left a bit of me wherever I went. I also believed that I took a bit of every place with me.
I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.
I always believed you could fix whatever problems.
I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly.
I've always believed that humans are good at heart. But there's always the exception.
One thing which Stephen A. Douglas was temperamentally incapable of doing was admitting he was wrong. He always believed that 'popular sovereignty' - the core doctrine of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill - was the right solution to the slavery controversy; and even though it had failed to solve much of anything in Kansas and Nebraska, he stubbornly insisted that this was because it had never been adequately tested.