You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

I was in Independence, Missouri when Johnson signed the Medicare bill, with Truman standing there. Truman had first proposed Medicare, but couldn't get it through.

The presidential news conference is indispensable because it is the only forum in our society where you can be questioned on a regular basis and held accountable.

There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.

You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it's a joy to go to work every day.

I can remember the morning after President Nixon won re-election in 1972. His chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, called a Cabinet meeting and told the members: 'You are all a bunch of burned-out volcanoes;' and asked for their resignations.