Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.

The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.

Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

Before people will do anything, they have got to eat. And if you are really looking for a way for people to lean on you and to be dependent on you, in terms of their cooperation with you, it seems to me that food dependence would be terrific.

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.