I got into a few games after they were hopelessly won or hopelessly lost, you know, when they put the substitutes in, and finally the water boy, and then me. That is the way it worked.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

But it's not just the ratty part of town. The upper class in San Francisco is that way. The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time - it is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine, with that San Francisco crowd. I can't shake hands with anybody from San Francisco.

Let us remember that the main purpose of American aid is not to help other nations, but to help ourselves.

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it.

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.