I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

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

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie.

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

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.

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.