I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.

I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots.

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.