How can we appraise a proposal if the terms hurled at our ears can mean anything or nothing, and change their significance with the inflection of the voice? Welfare state, national socialism, radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary and a regiment of others ... these terms in today's usage, are generally compounds of confusion and prejudice. If our attitudes are muddled, our language is often to blame. A good tonic for clearer thinking is a dose of precise, legal definition.

Take your job seriously, but not yourself

We ... must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.

We have won an armistice on a single battlefield, not peace in our world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest.

But I believe this: by and large, the United States ought to be able to choose for its President anybody that it wants, regardless of the number of terms he has served. That is what I believe. Now, some people have said, "You let him get enough power and this will lead toward a one-party government." That, I don't believe. I have got the utmost faith in the long-term common sense of the American people. Therefore, I don't think there should be any inhibitions other than those that were in the 35-year age limit and so on. I think that was enough, myself.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.