Some day there is going to be a man sitting in my present chair who has not been raised in the military services and who will have little understanding of where slashes in their estimates can be made with little or no damage. If that should happen while we still have the state of tension that now exists in the world, I shudder to think of what could happen in this country

We have heard much of the phrase, peace and friendship. This phrase, in expressing the aspiration of America, is not complete. We should say instead, peace and friendship, in freedom. This, I think, is America's real message to the rest of the world.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Our economy is the result of millions of decisions we all make every day about producing, earning, saving, investing, and spending.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession - to defend it against every thrust from within or without.

Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.