Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

And above all, above all, honest work must be rewarded by a fair and just tax system. The tax system today does not reward hard work: it penalizes it. Inherited or invested wealth frequently multiplies itself while paying no taxes at all. But wages on the assembly line or in farming the land, these hard-earned dollars are taxed to the very last penny.

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.