The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

The things that stand out are often the oddities.

American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.

One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions.

As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie.

Whole generations have forgotten history.

The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before.

There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era.

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.

there was nothing to be ashamed of in doing jobs simply to make a living, so long as those jobs fueled other creative efforts

The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks.

Take a stand and command to demand what's grand.

Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects

I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I've seen in the country since John Kennedy.

The trouble with Freud is that he never played the Glasgow Empire Saturday night.

I think laughter may be a form of courage.

I've lived enough of my life story to know this- Fate writes the book, but you make the movie.

If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.

If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.