Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it.

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

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

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

Our peaceful borders and our peaceful history are important symbols, to be sure. What they symbolize, however, is the spirit of respect and restraint which allow us to cooperate, despite our differences, in way which help us both.

But also out here in this dreary, difficult war, I think history will record that this may have been one of Americas finest hours, because we took a difficult task and we succeeded.