(Of his nemesis, the late former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover)
It's better to have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in.
The Organization of American States couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.
In 1790, the nation which had fought taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation.
While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.
We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. They are necessary symbols. They protect what we cherish.
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
No man should think that peace comes easily. Peace does not come by merely wanting it, or shouting for it, or marching down Main Street for it. Peace is built brick by brick, mortared by the stubborn effort and the total energy and imagination of able and dedicated men. And it is built in the living faith that, in the end, man can and will master his own destiny.
If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
