They [the founders] proclaimed to all the world the revolutionary doctrine of the divine rights of the common man. That doctrine has ever since been the heart of the American faith.

As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.

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

Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and, likewise, to give them credit, publicly, for their triumphs.

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