Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

I have asked the secretary of the treasury to report by April 1 on whether present tax laws may be stimulating in undue amounts the flow of American capital to the industrial countries abroad through special preferential treatment.

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.'

Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.

For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.

To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals.