I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country's peril. In time of war, the government and the press have customarily joined in an effort based largely on self-discipline, to prevent unauthorized disclosures to the enemy. In time of "clear and present danger," the courts have held that even the privileged rights of the First Amendment must yield to the public's need for national security.

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

I think the success of any school can be measured by the contribution the alumni make to our national life.

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.

Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.

It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States.