Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.

As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

American is the first democratic nation-state.

We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.