Keeping house is as unpleasant and filthy as coal mining, and the pay's a lot worse.

Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

I believe that Western civilization, after some disgusting glitches, has become almost civilized. I believe it is our first duty to protect that civilization. I believe it is our second duty to improve it. I believe it is our third duty to extend it if we can.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

The Democrats planned to fiddle while Rome burned. The Republicans were going to burn Rome, then fiddle.

I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.

Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most money. Look at the housing projects we've got the poor people in.