Quotes from John C. Danforth

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.

The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But slow moving is not the same as immobile.

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.

When we vest our personal opinions with the trappings of religion, we make religion the servant of our politics.

I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.

We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same can be said about our most ardent foes.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.