The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.

It is astonishing what force purity and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57 000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.

Any fool can tell the truth but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.