For among nations - as within nations - the soundest unity is that which respects diversity, and the strongest cohesion is that which rejects coercion.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

I like the job I have, but if I had to live my life over again, I would like to have ended up a sports writer.

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.

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.

History is a pathetic junkyard of broken treaties.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.