“ Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. ”

“ The pay is good and I can walk to work. ”

“ Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life. ”

“ Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. ”

“ When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. ”

“ Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place. ”

“ I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times. ”

“ If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. ”

“ The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. ”

“ Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. ”