I see the face of a child. He lives in a great city. He is black. Or he is white. He is Mexican, Italian, Polish. None of that matters. What matters, he's an American child.

Your mind must always go, even while you're shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another.

The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of war.

Because of the realities of human nature, perfect peace is achieved in two places only: in the grave and at the typewriter.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

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