It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.

It is true that at the time [1962] we had a strategic nuclear force of approximately five thousand warheads compared to the Soviet's three hundred.

Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved by famine, riots, insurrection and war.

In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil

One solitary God-centered, God-intoxicated man can do more to keep God's love alive and His presence felt in the world than a thousand half-hearted, talkative busy men living frightened, fragmented lives of quiet desperation.

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do to do good?