When I was growing up I had three wishes. I wanted to be a Lindbergh-type hero, learn Chinese, and become a member of The Algonquin Round Table.

A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.

The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for freedom and for America.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.

The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.