The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government

I think Congress has spent enough time on ethics. I think it's time they moved on to something else.

I'd like to see people, instead of spending so much time on the ethical problem, get after the problems that really affect the people of this country

Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all the time. No one can have his own way all the time, and no one is right all the time.

So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance.

I don't mind the homosexuality. I understand it. Nevertheless, goddamn, I don't think you glorify it on public television, homosexuality, even more than you glorify whores. We all know we have weaknesses. But, goddammit, what do you think that does to kids? You know what happened to the Greeks! Homosexuality destroyed them. Sure, Aristotle was a homo. We all know that. So was Socrates.

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.