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.

As we maintain the vigil of peace, we must remember that justice is a vigil, too - a vigil we must keep in our own streets and schools and among the lives of all our people - so that those who died here on their native soil shall not have died in vain.

No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.

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

He's a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.

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

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.