[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation.

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.

The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace which can endure for generations to come. It is important that we understand both the necessity and the limitations of America's role in maintaining that peace. Unless we in America work to preserve the peace, there will be no peace. Unless we in America work to preserve freedom, there will be no freedom.

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

They say, "Gee, you look great." That means they thought you looked like hell before.

As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.

Television is to news as bumperstickers are to philosophy.