"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."

"In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning."

"Nothing happens unless first we dream."

"I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor."

"To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness."

"Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country."

"See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it."

"And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help."