I'm always suspicious of disinterested interest.

Patriotism is not 'my country right or wrong'; patriotism means loving the ideals for which America stands and having the courage to speak up when these ideals are distorted for personal or political gain. The American government was instituted to be the servant of the people, not our master.

I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults.

When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out — that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse.

Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.

If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it.

Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.