It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.

Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.

I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.

I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes.

We have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live together at home in peace.

The successful man has enthusiasm. Good work is never done in cold blood; heat is needed for forge anything. Every great achievement is the story of a flaming heart.

I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.