There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who don't like the fact that I take them on toe-to-toe. What I try to do is tell the truth. It's not the coin of the realm in politics.

If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.

Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.

God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.

Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.