Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.