I am flatly opposed to appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican. Whatever advantages it might have in Rome - and I'm not convinced of these - they would be more than offset by the divisive effect at home.

Our nation is founded on the principal that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the law is the surest road to tyranny.

The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln.

There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts.

Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.

I have seen in many places housing which has been developed under government influences, but I have never seen any projects in which governments have played their part which have fountains and statues and grass and trees, which are as important to the concept of the home as the roof itself.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.