I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

Mr. Speaker, at a time when the nation is again confronted with necessity for calling its young men into service in the interestsof National Security, I cannot see the wisdom of denying our young women the opportunity to serve their country.

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.

I may not worry as much as Prime Minister Eshkol does about Israel, but I worry as deeply.

If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.

All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.