I've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.

Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession is war, understands that peace must be enforced by superior military might. The certainty of defeat is the only effective deterrent we can use to maintain peace. Furthermore, we can be strong without being aggressive.

I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I'd fit in perfectly.

The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions. We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic.

I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.

I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk.