The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.". . . "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big.

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.

There can be no whitewash at the White House.

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

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

I would not like to be a political leader in Russia. They never know when they're being taped.