War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

Will Rogers once said it is not the original investment in a Congressman that counts; it is the upkeep.

We support the security of both Israel and her neighbors.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean first, but. I do not mean first, when. I do not mean first, if. I mean first - period.

We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth - but neither shall we shrink from that risk any time it must be faced.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.