Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.

History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to the utmost, suffice in times such as these.

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.

The pay is good and I can walk to work.

There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded; some men never leave the country, some men are stationed in the Antarctic and some are stationed in San Francisco. It's very hard in military or in personal life to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.

Failure has no friends.