It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil that all politicians are mere opportunists, that all aspects of university life are corrupt. Having discovered an illness, it's not terribly useful to prescribe death as a cure.

I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.

“I hope Howard Dean is like George McGovern. I thought I was a pretty good candidate in 1972. …It's true that I lost to Richard Nixon in the general election by a big margin. But that wasn't my mistake. That was the mistake of the voters…”