Nature abhors a vacuum, even in the heads of statesmen.

Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals - With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.

Remember, whenever a Republican leaves one side of the aisle and goes to the other, it raises the intelligence quotient of both parties.

H. L. Mencken told me once that he answered all his mail, pleasant and unpleasant, with just one line, 'You may be right.' That's the way I feel now. It is in the realm of possibility, just barely, that I could be the one who's wrong.

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.

If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.