We, this nation of ours, could be the richest nation in the world. We could be the freest nation in the world - but only if the arts are alive and flourishing can we experience the true meaning of our freedom, and know the full glory of the human spirit.

You find out who your true friends are not when you are on top of the world, but when the world is on top of you.

I don't give a damn about the civilians.

Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency.

God, of course, is the greatest philosopher of all.

The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.