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.

"In the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love."

I know something about that war, and I never want to see that history repeated. But, my fellow Americans, it certainly can be repeated if the peace-loving democratic nations again fearfully practice a policy of standing idly by while big aggressors use armed force to conquer the small and weak.

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

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.

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

Through knowledge and understanding we will drive from the temple of freedom all who seek to establish over us thought control - whether they be agents of a foreign power or demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice.