We need not renounce the use of conventional force. We will be ready to repel any clear and present danger that poses a genuine threat to our national security and survival.

We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold war against the Soviet Union.

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

We have contingency plans for war, but none for peace.

If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

With the help of dedicated Americans from our party, every party, and no party at all, I intend to mount that stairway to preach peace for our nation and world.

I came from Nebraska, a very middle class family with a progressive father.

I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for.

We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons.

Consistently wise decisions can only be made by those whose wisdom is constantly challenged.

Some men can love forever, some for six years, some for six months, and others for six hours.

One's identity derives not from one's nation or blood but from the language one uses.

Happiness requires the ultimate sacrifice: to give up one's unhappiness.

We hear inconceivable, but cannot see the intangible.

Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Oh, the little birds sang east, and the little birds sang west.

I am a man of very many anxieties but doing strange things with the camera is not one of them.

The candid camera is the greatest liar in the photographic family.... It is anarchic, naïve, and superficial.

After one of my plays came out, I had mixed reviews, some bad and some good. One day, it dawned on me. I thought, 'I wrote a play and he wrote a review, and that's the difference between him and me.'

We did it together. Not one individual carried this team.