Simpler times. He gave us these nuggets of wisdom:

• “You take the UNCF model that what a waste it is to lose one’s mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is”
• “The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. … No, not our nation’s, but in World War II. I mean, we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century, but in this century’s history”
• “I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future”
• “I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy, but that could change”
• “potatoe” (when trying to “correct” a 12-yr old’s spelling of “potato”)