A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.

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 Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

We must never forget that if the war in Vietnam is lost ... the right of free speech will be extinguished throughout the world.

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.