Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit ... The lesson that most of us on this voyage never learn, but can never quite forget, is that to win is sometimes to lose.

Communism denies God, enslaves men, and destroys justice.

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

The press is the enemy.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

Because of the realities of human nature, perfect peace is achieved in two places only: in the grave and at the typewriter.

I'm not a lovable man.