Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, "In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive for businesses to expand their normal investment in plant and equipment.