Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

You cannot win a battle in any arena merely by defending yourself.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

We believe that part of the answer lies in pricing energy on the basis of its full costs to society. One reason we use energy so lavishly today is that the price of energy does not include all of the social costs of producing it. The costs incurred in protecting the environment and the health and safety of workers, for example, are part of the real costs of producing energy-but they are not now all included in the price of the product.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.