"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything."

"I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount."

"I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization."

"It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work."

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

"You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break."

"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know."

"I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!"

"Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art."

"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."

"Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place."

"Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend."

"A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader."

"It sure is hell to be president."

"In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity."

"A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants."

"Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better."

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."