"Well, as you look back with the hindsight of thirty years, I think that a farsighted statesman could have seen that t…"

"Well, we want to do everything with welfare and everything else ahead of the primary responsibility of government whi…"

"Well, we like to sign a check and say that the bill is paid, you see; then we realize that the payment's going to com…"

"It seems to me, Mr. President, that in this particular time that all of history points to the harsh fact that until w…"

"Throughout my two years as Chief of Staff, I felt I was being called upon to tear down, rather than build up, the ult…"

"Some people thought I wore the grenades as a gesture of showmanship. This was not correct. They were purely utilitari…"

"While recognizing that there are many principles, or truths. Pertaining to the exercise of leadership, and while firm…"

"There is, of course, a great deal of bad leadership as well as of good. It, too, deserves study so that its pitfalls …"

"Character is the bedrock on which the whole edifice of leadership rests. It is the prime element for which every prof…"

"I've seen some pretty damned bloody engagements myself. You don't pile bodies up in a wall at all. It reminds me of o…"