The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty.

We are so proud of our guarantees of freedom in thought and speech and worship, that, unconsciously, we are guilty of one of the greatest errors that ignorance can make - we assume our standard of values is shared by all other humans in the world.

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.

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

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.

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

Always try to associate yourself closely with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. Apart from the rewards of friendship, the association might pay off at some unforeseen time - that is only an accidental byproduct. The important thing is that the learning will make you a better person.