When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.

I couldn't see well enough to play (baseball) when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job - they made me an umpire.

We must face the fact that peace must be built on power, as well as upon good will and good deeds.

We seek a peaceful world, a prosperous world, a free world, a world of good neighbors, living on terms of equality and mutual respect, as Canada and the United States have lived for generations.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.