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.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only.

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

We live amid falling taboos. In our crowded little hour of history we have seen how the prejudice of religion no longer can bar the way to the White House. Some of you may live to see the day when the prejudice of sex no longer places the Presidency beyond the reach of a greatly gifted American lady. Long before them, I hope you will see a woman member of the Supreme Court of the United States. In Congress and in our State Legislatures we need more women to bring their sensitive experience to the shaping of our decisions.

Every night before I turn out the lights to sleep, I ask myself this question: Have I done everything that I can.... Have I done enough?