The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.

At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom.

Any man who's not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.

Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.

I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

The Organization of American States couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.

They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do.