It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.

Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.

The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is a greater moral imperative now than ever before, because for the first time humanity has the instruments at hand to defeat this cruel enemy at a very reasonable cost. We have the ability to provide food for all within the next three decades.

When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else?

It is a modern tragedy that one of the Soviet Union's most intelligent and realistic leaders has served and died during the administration of the most ill-informed and dangerous man ever to occupy the White House.