He's got great vision. If he can get outside, he can take it all the way. That's what we were worried about.

We do this in order to slow down aggression. We do this to increase the confidence of the brave people of South Vietnam who have bravely born this brutal battle for so many years with so many casualties. And we do this to convince the leaders of North Vietnam-and all who seek to share their conquest-of a simple fact: We will not be defeated. We will not grow tired. We will not withdraw either openly or under the cloak of a meaningless agreement.

I won't have you electioneering on my doorstep. Every time you get in trouble in Parliament you run over here with your shirttail hanging out.

Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don't want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.

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.

When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.

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