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

No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.

In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money or their economy or their form of government, be conservative.

If you are waging peace, you can't be too particular sometimes about the special attitudes that different countries take. We were a young country once, and our whole policy for the first 150 years was, we were neutral.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method.

If we make ourselves worthy of America's ideals, if we do not forget that our nation was founded on the premise that all men are creatures of God's making, the world will come to know that it is free men who carry forward the true promise of human progress and dignity.