Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!"

The longer the title, the less important the job.

My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.

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.

I never even had the time to read novels.