The North Korean Communists are implacably pursuing their military buildup in defiance of the international trend toward rapprochement and of the stark reality of the Korean situation, as well as of the long-cherished aspiration of the 50 million Koreans. The North Koreans have already constructed a number of underground invasion tunnels across the Demilitarized Zone.

There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

I'm feeling better than anybody expected me to so I'm still maintaining a pretty normal schedule, I'd say.

Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.

Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

The United States is squandering international prestige and goodwill and intensifying global anti-American terrorism by unofficially condoning or abetting the Israeli confiscation and colonization of Palestinian territories.