Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.
Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?
When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.