A few years make such havoc in human generations that we soon see ourselves deprived of those with whom we entered the world, and whom the participation of pleasures or fatigues had endeared to our remembrance.

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

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

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

It now seems to be quite a thing to pull down the mighty from their seats and roll them in the mire. This practice deserves pronounced condemnation. Hero worship is a tremendous force in uplifting and strengthening. Humanity, let us have our heroes. Let us continue to believe that some have been truly great.

I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.