It is in that spirit, the spirit of '76, that I ask you to rise and join me in a toast to Chairman Mao, to Premier Chou, to the people of our two countries, and to the hope of our children that peace and harmony can be the legacy of our generation to theirs.

I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-race power and to see this Nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history.

The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle.

If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?

If you are ever going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't ever lie.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.