Belief And Seeing Are Both Often Wrong.

I Formed The Hypothesis That Each Of Us Could Have Achieved Our Objectives Without The Terrible Loss Of Life. And I Wanted To Test That By Going To Vietnam.

I Want To Say, And This Is Very Important: At The End We Lucked Out. It Was Luck That Prevented Nuclear War. We Came That Close To Nuclear War At The End. Rational Individuals: Kennedy Was Rational; Khrushchev Was Rational; Castro Was Rational. Rational Individuals Came That Close To Total Destruction Of Their Societies. And That Danger Exists Today.

Short Of Nuclear War Itself, Population Growth Is The Gravest Issue The World Faces. If We Do Not Act, The Problem Will Be Solved By Famine, Riots, Insurrection And War.

At My Age, 85, I'm At Age Where I Can Look Back And Derive Some Conclusions About My Actions. My Rule Has Been Try To Learn, Try To Understand What Happened. Develop The Lessons And Pass Them On.

There Is No More Important Task In A Democracy Than Resolving The Differences Among People And Finding A Course Of Action That Will Be Supported By A Sufficient Number To Permit The Nation To Achieve A Better Life For All.