This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that's the way it's going to be. We're going down there, and we're throwing everything we have into it, and we're going to make it a success.

Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess.

The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it.

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.