We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians.

In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.

The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment.

The Republican Party is not in the hands of the Jewish lobby in America as the Democratic Party must look quite often to Jewish money to finance candidates.

My wife and I have spent half our lives, half our adult lives, trying to save special parts of California.

Congressmen are like diapers - You need to change them often, and for the same reason

If the mattress stains were anything to go by, a previous user had not so much suffered from incontinence as rejoiced in it.

Hey, Tracy you army brat, I think it’s for you!

For that man is detested by me as the gates of hell whose outward words conceal his inmost thoughts.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

Earnestly I must exert myself in order to return as much as I have received.

Genius points the way, talent takes it.

You're worth the investment in yourself and what you feel, you can and want to be

Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.

So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.