Freedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves - not of the government.

We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.

The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as 'Communists' or 'Fascists' by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism-the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought.

I always try to think before I talk.

As long as there are big corporations, there will be big unions. The economic power of big business will be matched by the economic power of the big unions.

I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny-fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear.