Archie Bunker

"A real man doesn't complain, he just does what needs to be done."

"Edith, you're driving me crazy with all this women's lib nonsense."

"A man's home is his castle, and I'm the king around here."

"You can't trust anybody these days, especially them government people."

"Hard work never killed nobody, but why take the chance?"

"I'm telling you, the world's going down the tubes."

"Love is fine and all, but a man needs his peace and quiet."

"If God wanted us to change, he wouldn't have made us the way we are."

"A good woman knows her place is in the home."

"These young people today don't know nothing about respect."

"Money don't grow on trees, you know."

"I've been working hard my whole life to support this family."

"You gotta stand up for what you believe in, no matter what."

"The trouble with people today is they got no common sense."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."

"This country's going to hell in a handbasket."

"I don't understand half the things that happen nowadays."

"You can't reason with unreasonable people."

"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach him to fish and he eats forever."

"There's nothing wrong with making a good honest buck."

"That's the trouble with society today—no values, no morals."

"A working man's got to have his beer and his TV."

"Family sticks together, that's what matters."

"I didn't work this hard to see it all thrown away."

"The good old days were the best days."

"You're either with us or against us."

"That's the most stupid thing I ever heard."

"Life's too short to worry about everything."

"A man's only as good as his word."

"Edith, why do you always have to question everything I say?"