The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for freedom and for America.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

Life isn't fair. In never was and never will be.

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

Blight has descended on our regulatory agencies - and a dry rot, beginning in Washington, is seeping into every corner of America - in the payola mentality, the expense account way of life, the confusion between what is legal and what is right.

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

In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience - the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men - each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient - they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.