To me, the most unhappy people in the world are the people ... in Palm Beach- Going to parties every night. Playing golf every afternoon, then bridge. [They have] no purpose.

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes, is ours to determine by our actions and our choices.

You have my assurance that we will respond with full force should the settlement be violated by North Vietnam.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.