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.

I don't object to its being called "McNamara's war." I think it is a very important war and I am pleased to be identified with it and do whatever I can to win it.

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 indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.

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.

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

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.