When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made.

He "wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed."

When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint - understand what he is trying to do - nine times out of ten he is trying to do right.

Men make history. History does not make the man.

The United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the democratic ideal is not so inevitable that we can ignore what the world thinks of us or our record.

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military.

Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.