You're only as good as your last story.

I had a lot of fun bantering back and forth with Kennedy. But for ease and comfort, it would be Gerald Ford. He was a down-home type. I came from the Midwest and he came from the Midwest. He was nonaggressive and kindly.

Anybody who runs for public office today has got to know his life or her life will be an open book. I've decided that if you want to run for public office you have to decide at the age of 5 and live accordingly.

If we lose our title of "land of the free," what have we got?

You didn't tell a lie, you just left a big hole in the truth.

The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.