My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three months if I didn't have some ability.

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.

The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.