My Dad Was A Methodist Minister.

It Can Take Greater Courage To Stand In Opposition To The Views Of Your Neighbors Or Nation Than To Confront An Enemy In Combat.

It Is Not Patriotic To Commit Young Americans To War Unless Our National Security Clearly Requires It.

I Thought The Vietnam War Was An Utter, Unmitigated Disaster, So It Was Very Hard For Me To Say Anything Good About It.

I Don't Think The American People Had A Clear Picture Of Either Nixon Or Me. I Think They Thought That Nixon Was A Strong, Decisive, Tough-minded Guy And That I Was An Idealist And Antiwar Guy Who Might Not Attach Enough Significance To The Security Of The Country. The Truth Is, I Was The Guy With The War Record, And My Opposition To Vietnam Was Because I Was Interested In The Nation's Well-being.

I Still Love To Go Back To Mitchell [his Home Town] And Wander Up And Down Those Streets. It Just Kind Of Reassures Me Again That There Is A Place That I Know Thoroughly, Where The Roots Are Deep. Everything Had A Place, A Specific Definition.