Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
From Lyndon B. Johnson
The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.
What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.
Every President wants to do right.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.
I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.
While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.
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.
Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!
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