I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.

Not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest.

For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.