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.

The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.

Peace is more the product of our day-to-day living than of a spectacular program, intermittently executed.

Now this brings me to my main topic - our military strength - more specifically, how to stay strong against threat from outside, without undermining the economic health that supports our security.

There are three stages of life: youth, maturity, and 'My, you're looking good!'

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

I believe we must be strong militarily, but beyond a certain point military strength can become a national weakness.