"I am not a magician. I am a human being. I have my weaknesses, I have my faults. But I am trying to do the best I can for the American people."

"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background."

"The American standard of living must be maintained at a high level."

"We have to face the fact that if we are going to get anywhere, we have to do it ourselves."

"The structure of world peace cannot be the work of any single nation alone."