If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.

An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits

When asked what I am most proud of, I stick out my chest, hold my head high and state proudly, 'I served in the United States Navy!'

The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose-and is a test of the quality of a nations' civilization.

In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.