What a strange creature man is that he fouls his own nest.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

We should set goals within the limits of our resources while working to the limits of our powers.

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

The recent upsurge of public concern over environmental questions reflects a belated recognition that man has been too cavalier in his relations with nature. Unless we arrest the depredations that have been inflicted so carelessly on our natural systems-which exist in an intricate set of balances-we face the prospect of ecological disaster.

I took a look around the office. ... I walked out and closed the door behind me. I knew that I would not be back there again." (On leaving the Executive Office Building)