No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

We can all pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of Gods will. We should ask for courage, wisdom, for the quietness of soul which comes alone to them who place their lives in His hands.

I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.

Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.