Bill Proxmire represents almost the last of one of America's most remarkable generations.

I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.

Whatever his private beliefs and religious practice, a president must be the guardian of the laws which ensure America's religious diversity.

Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.

There will be no veterans of World War III.

Do not despair. In every defeat are found the seeds of victory.

The Queen of England is Defender of the Faith but the President of the United States is Defender of the Constitution, which defends all faiths.