There is no more important task in a democracy than resolving the differences among people and finding a course of action that will be supported by a sufficient number to permit the nation to achieve a better life for all.

The commitment of government to deal with the population issue is of course essential....There are many ways to make the death rate increase.

That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.

The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States to fight a limited war, to go to war without the necessity of arousing the public ire.

I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous

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

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.