If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone 'America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership'.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but can think of nothing to do when it gets there.

There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.

You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me. Of course, the mother I know the most about is the mother of our little group. She has been for 22 years trying to raise to maturity four children, three by birth and one by marriage. While she hasn't done a good job, the poor soul has done all that mortal human could do with the material she had to work with.

That's what makes us a great nation. We take the little things serious, and the big ones as a joke.