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.

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

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

I was wondering today what the religion of the country is - and all I could come up with is sex.

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

Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forebearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that-being what it is-it falls so short of in fact and in deed.

my definition of the ideal man is 'that particular man with whom a woman happens to be in love at that particular time.