Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers.

I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.

The worst thing that can happen is death, and that's not the worst thing in the world either.

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.

I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't.