Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.

So - our readiness to meet and defeat this kind of possible attack is forced upon us, both as a potent preventive of actual war and to insure survival in event of attack. This alertness to danger has to be translated into specific policies and activities in the several parts of the world where our rights - our way of life - can be seriously damaged. Work of this kind occupies my days and nights.

I firmly believe that the army of persons who urge greater and greater centralization of authority and greater and greater dependence upon the Federal Treasury are really more dangerous to our form of government than any external threat that can possibly be arrayed against us.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

The people of Israel, like those of the United States, are imbued with a religious faith and a sense of moral values

Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.

Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them.