Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

You know very well that whether you are on page one or page thirty depends on whether they fear you. It's as simple as that.

I've never left a game before it ended. You never know when there could be a big turnaround in the game.

The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.". . . "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big.

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.

What we do with this peace-whether we preserve it and defend it, or whether we lose it and let it slip away-will be the measure of our worthiness of the spirit and sacrifice of the hundreds of thousands who gave their lives in two World Wars, Korea, and in Vietnam.

I don't know a lot about politics, but I know a lot about baseball.