Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.

I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: 'We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.'

I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?

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

Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty.

Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about it in all those years, I just thought, why the hell shouldn't they serve? They're American citizens. As long as they're not doing things that are harmful to anyone else... So I came out for it.

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.