With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift up the poor and the hungry.

It's long been common practice among many to draw a distinction between "human rights" and "property rights," suggesting that the two are separate and unequal - with "property rights" second to "human rights."

A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies.

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth

Clean air, clean water, open spaces - these should once again be the birthright of every American.

We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money's worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped.