Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.

The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.

Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike children and parents, it knows neither criticism nor resentment. Friendship has no status in law. Business partnerships are based on a contract. So is marriage. Parents are bound by law. But friendships are freely entered into, freely given, and freely exercised.

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

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.

There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.