Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.

General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself."

We built your fort. We will not have it used against us.

When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.

I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger and a kisser--that's my nature.

The reason there are so many stupid people is because it's illegal to kill them.

Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn't always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.