Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth

If in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must take the risk by putting American boys in, I believe that the executive branch of the government has to take the politically unpopular position of facing up to it and doing it, and I personally would support such a decision.

I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes.

I always remember that whatever I have done in the past or may do in the future, Duke University is responsible in one way or another.

There can be no whitewash at the White House.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.