I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.

When kids made a decision for themselves they have a vested interest in showing they were right. Lee wanted to prove to me that he had made the right choice so he worked hard and did well. If we'd forced him to go to college somewhere else all the incentives would've been different. Then he would have had a motive to prove that we were wrong.

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.

Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby little grandmotherly type, but she turned out to be a very strong woman.

No matter what else they're doing, women are also always nurturing.

They thought we were a bunch of self-satisfying, materialistic, selfish people who would crumble. We knew that's not who we were.