Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can’t help but smile on it.

When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

Punishment is now unfashionable… because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.