Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

I know something about that war, and I never want to see that history repeated. But, my fellow Americans, it certainly can be repeated if the peace-loving democratic nations again fearfully practice a policy of standing idly by while big aggressors use armed force to conquer the small and weak.

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.