In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.

He wanted to know what assurance we could give the American people that we aren't getting the tar licked out of us by the North Korean army. It has never happened to us. It won't happen this time.

Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.

If you can't beat 'em, confuse 'em.

I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something. Otherwise, you will never get anywhere.

Prosperous farmers make for a prosperous nation, and when farmers are in trouble, the nation is in trouble.

Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.