The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents, now, I simply do what I want.

I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets.

My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'

We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost

One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.

For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Main Street, and Main Street has received too little in return. It is not necessary to centralize power in order to solve our problems.