Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.

Let us make it clear that we will never turn our backs on our steadfast friends in Israel, whose adherence to the democratic way must be admired by all friends of freedom.

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration.

If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.

Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.