The hated system of land tenure, so contributory to general unrest in Asia, has been abolished. Every farmer is now accorded the right and dignity of ownership of the land he long has tilled.

I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride in the reflection that this home of legislative debate represents human liberty in the purest form yet devised.

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

Americans never quit.

Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.

The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.