When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems.

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.

Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.