The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.

A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.

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.

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

I see the face of a child. He lives in a great city. He is black. Or he is white. He is Mexican, Italian, Polish. None of that matters. What matters, he's an American child.

One thing, Ron, old boy. We won't have to have any more press conferences, and we won't even have to tell them that either!