As an American, I want our forces to prevail.

When you start one of these programs, school lunch programs, in a country that heretofore had nothing of that kind, immediately school enrollment jumps dramatically. Girls and boys get to the classroom with the promise of a good meal once a day.

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

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

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

I met my wife in South Dakota.

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.