Arms alone can give the world no permanent peace, no confident security. Arms are solely for defense - to protect from violent assault what we already have. They are only a costly insurance. They cannot add to human progress.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly - until at last the darkness is no more.

I believe that without free enterprise there can be no democracy.