Peace does not come just because we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. It must be built stone by stone.

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

When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.

Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement.

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.

Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or miters on their heads, shifts the scene of pleasure with endless variety, bids all the forms of beauty sparkle before them, and gluts them with every change of visionary luxury.

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.