It’s more like it is now than it ever has been.
There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.
Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion – or you shall learn nothing.
The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure.
Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.
Mr. President, putting it bluntly, wouldn’t we just be continuing a bloodbath that already exists in Cambodia if we voted the 222 million in aid?
If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.
During the day on Monday, Washington time, the airport at Saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was effectively closed. The military situation in the area deteriorated rapidly. I therefore ordered the evacuation of all American personnel remaining in South Vietnam.
I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.
When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.
I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.
In baseball when they say you’re out, you’re out. It’s the same way in politics.
America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun.
In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.
We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government – a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.
It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.
A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.
I strongly support the feeding of children.
Things are the way they are now, more than they ever have been before.