I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political opportunism. I speak as simply as possible because the issue is too great to be obscured by eloquence. I speak simply and briefly in the hope that my words will be taken to heart.

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.

And this I do believe above all, especially in times of greater discouragement, that I must BELIEVE-that I must believe in my fellow people-that I must believe in myself-that I must believe in God-if life is to have any meaning.

We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.

Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited.

The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.