I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true.

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

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

The longer the title, the less important the job.

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.

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.

I met my wife in South Dakota.