The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side and seeking influence without responsibility.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

There is a terrific disadvantage in not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you daily. Even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn't write it, and even though we disapprove, there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press.

Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.

History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.