Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.