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 feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.

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

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

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

We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.

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.