Clean air, clean water, open spaces – these should once again be the birthright of every American.
Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.
The great question of the seventies is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water?
If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.
Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.
I really believe life is simple. It’s all the other people that make things complicated.
Well, I screwed it up real good, didn’t I?
I gave ’em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I’d have done the same thing.
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.
I don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.
The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.
I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.
Always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty.
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word “crisis.” One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.
If I had feelings, I probably wouldn’t have even survived.
I would have made a good pope.
Defeat doesn’t finish a man – quit does.