Well, it [evolution] is a theory, it is a scientific theory only, and it has in recent years been challenged in the world of science and is not yet believed in the scientific community to be as infallible as it once was believed. But if it was going to be taught in the schools, then I think that also the biblical theory of creation, which is not a theory but the biblical story of creation, should also be taught.

I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself.

We're Americans, and we have a rendezvous with destiny . . . No people who have ever lived on this earth have fought harder, paid a higher price for freedom, or done more to advance the dignity of man than Americans.

Growing and decaying vegetation in this land are responsible for 93 percent of the oxides of nitrogen.

Honey, I forgot to duck

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here.