A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.

Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past.

The average American is just like the child in the family.

I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team.

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.