"Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God."

"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens."

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

"Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed."

"I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone."

"Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg."

"If all these sweet young things were laid end to end, I wouldn't be the slightest bit suprised."

"A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness."

"Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy."

"If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed."

"All cats are gray in the dark."

"If there is a God, He is a malign thug."