The absence of war is not peace.

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it!

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

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.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice.