Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves.

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them.