Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.

There's this romantic idea that's built up around war. But the pragmatic view is there are tons of people of my generation who have lost their lives, lost their marriages, or lost their health as a consequence of being sent to wars which could have been avoided.

We all exercise agency in the choices we make.

I think police officers can work with social workers and public health nurses to do so much in terms of addressing the problem of American families, of children in American families as a whole, and giving them an opportunity to get off to a fresh start, to become self-sufficient, to lead safe, constructive lives.