We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads toward a staggering addition to the national debt. "L.B.J." should stand for Light Bulb Johnson.

Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.

There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.

If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.

Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to improve institutions we deem defective. But let us, in doing so, respect the orderly processes of the law. Any other course enthrones tyrants and dooms freedom.

Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them.