I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

Help the Cubans to the utmost counseling his successor while handing over the reins. We cannot let Castro's government go on.

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.

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

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

If we make ourselves worthy of America's ideals, if we do not forget that our nation was founded on the premise that all men are creatures of God's making, the world will come to know that it is free men who carry forward the true promise of human progress and dignity.

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