The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace.

It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

Our security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them clear, the will that directs them indomitable.

Dealing with the State Department is like watching an elephant become pregnant.

We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.