You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.

I have never met a man [in the military], in or out of uniform, who ever said, "Let's use the missiles." They are even more terrified that the Bishops, because a great many of them don't expect to go to Heaven, which at least the Bishops do.

Middle age is the way you would feel about summer if you knew there would never be another spring.

I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.

The best defense against a powerful and positive dynamic ideology is neither verbal attack nor criticism, which are useful, but to set up an equally powerful and dynamic ideology against it.

Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military excellence. The Corps has come to be recognized worldwide as an elite force of fighting men, renowned for their physical endurance, for their high level of obedience, and for the fierce pride they take, as individuals, in the capacity for self discipline.

There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.