“Hell, they’ve tried to compromise for 20 years. They’ve tried everything — everything in their power. And look what’s happened to them, they’re being crushed.”

“Maybe it’s because I come from the civil rights movement in this country. We sat there and heard the exact same arguments. We cannot impose from the North a solution on the South; they must work out their problems, black and white, together; we cannot as a nation expose them to the economic ravages that come; we must anticipate what will happen to them after segregation before we eliminate segregation. . . .  My God! Worry about that when it comes!”

“We will make sure _____ has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack. There is no justification for terrorism. There is no excuse.”