As "President Merkin Muffley" in Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Performances
“You can't fight a war on terror if you're ending a sentence with a preposition.”
April 25, 2006
The Areas of My Expertise (2005), Appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Hardball with Chris Matthews, November 16 2004.
2000s
[Great applause.] But victory was worth nothing except for the truths that were under it, in it, and above it. We meet tonight as comrades to stand guard around the sacred truths for which we fought. [Loud and prolonged cheers.] And while we have life to meet and grasp the hand of a comrade, we will stand by the great truths of the war. ["Good," "good," and loud cheers.] Many convictions have sunk so deep into our hearts that we can never forget them. Think of the elevating spirit of the war itself. We gathered the boys from all our farms and shops and stores and schools and homes, from all over the Republic. They went forth unknown to fame, but returned enrolled on the roster of immortal heroes. [Great applause.] They went in the spirit of the soldiers of Henry at Agincourt, of whom he said. 'For he today that sheds his blood with me. Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile. This day shall gentle his condition.'
1880s, Speech to the 'Boys in Blue' (1880)
This Book Will Save Your Life (2006)
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 9
“You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.”
“The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”
“You can't fight City Hall. It keeps changing its name.”
"After Me, The Deluge" in The Chicago Tribune (28 September 1969)
