Archie Bunker

"These kids nowadays got it too easy."

"I'm not prejudiced, I'm just being realistic."

"A happy home is a clean home."

"You don't see me complaining about my lot in life."

"That's what's wrong with this country—too much tolerance."

"I've always provided for my family, and that's what counts."

"Peace comes from a strong backbone, not turning the other cheek."

"If you wanna get ahead, you gotta work twice as hard."

"All this modern stuff is just making life more complicated."

"A woman's place is making sure her man is happy."

"I got nothin' against nobody, but facts are facts."

"You can't trust what you read in the papers."

"This younger generation don't know the meaning of hard work."

"I've done my duty as a father and a husband."

"There's no place like home, I always say."

"That's the problem with society—everybody wants something for nothing."

"A man needs respect in his own house."

"I'm not changing my mind for nobody."

"These people don't understand American values."

"What's the world coming to when you can't say what you think?"

"I got my health and my job, that's enough for me."

"You young people think you invented everything."

"A good day's work deserves a good day's pay."

"I'm telling you straight—honesty is the best policy."

"You gotta learn to take the good with the bad in life."

"That's what I call being practical about life."

"A man's gotta have his principles."

"The only way to get anywhere is to work for it."

"You can't buy love, no matter how much money you got."

"Things were better when people minded their own business."