Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.

The number of people who are actual supporters of Mr. Romney could very well be less than the Donner Party, whose members they sadly resemble in many ways.

You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.

I lay off a lot modern fiction and only rely on living writers for non-fiction work.

Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.

In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.