Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.

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

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

Entitlement and privelege corrupt.

Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one's there to see you do it.

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

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.