I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower...

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower...

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we...

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we...

If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter...

If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter...

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And...

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.

When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big...

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big...

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied...

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied...

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy...

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just...

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just...

When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.

When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.