The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities frivolous, or ample provision for them unworthy of the nation's concern.

I also want to take cognizance of the fact that this flight was made out in the open with all the possibilities of failure, which would have been damaging to our country's prestige. Because great risks were taken in that regard, it seems to me that we have some right to claim that this open society of ours which risked much, gained much.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

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

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.

All my life Ive known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?