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.

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.

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

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

Bombs know no ism but barbarism. The laws that successfully govern a peaceful and democratic society do not interfere with the only law bombs know, which is the law of gravity.

Autobiography is mostly alibiography.

all history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle!