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

If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.

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.

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.