The stop-watch of history is running. The race is on . . .

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction

The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene.

Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.