...the right of the individual to elect freely the manner of his care in illness must be preserved.

I come from the very heart of America.

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.