There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

I've never understood the desire for books with matched bindings. You don't go through life looking for sets of matched people, and books are just as individual.

I can't be a pessimist because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter.

It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

Xmas Trivia: Before it became a major shopping holiday, Christmas is believed to have had a "religious" meaning.

I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.

A hundred suspicions don't make a proof.

My garden is the most beautiful thing in the world.

If you get outside the world of show business and its satellites, there's a whole world of car nuts in the Los Angeles area.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.