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

...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion; that those who are so unwilling to quit the world will soon be driven from it; and that it is therefore in their interest to retire while there yet remain a few hours of nobler employments.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

A President must call on many persons--some to man the ramparts and to watch the far away, distant posts; others to lead us in science, medicine, education and social progress here at home.

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.