"A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind."

"The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman."

"To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed."

"In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure."

"It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."

"As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market, I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules that guarantee competition and fair play - and that the pressure to break those rules only gets stronger as the amount of money involved gets larger."

"You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit."

"Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have."