In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the lesson to himself. “Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense, and tender as well. And among the things we can no longer afford are things we never really wanted anyway.

Eisenhower advocated a variety of strong actions which he had never taken when he was president. Maybe this was just the pattern of former presidents; maybe it reflected how much the circumstances had changed on the ground.

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.

There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads.

For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.