I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.

If, when the chips are down, the world's 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.

I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-rate power and to see this Nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

We must never forget that if the war in Vietnam is lost ... the right of free speech will be extinguished throughout the world.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.