The very word Secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.

I can evade questions without help; what I need is answers

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.

I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish - where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.