Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.
Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen.
May we, in our dealings with all the peoples of the earth, ever speak the truth and serve justice.
The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.
I believe that for the past twenty years there has been a creeping socialism spreading in the United States.
Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.
No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.
Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I’m not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of that little chapel adjoining the museum and library at Abilene.
Beware the military-industrial complex.
Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.
The only things worth counting on are people you can count on.
How far have we come in man’s long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light-a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?
We have heard much of the phrase, peace and friendship. This phrase, in expressing the aspiration of America, is not complete. We should say instead, peace and friendship, in freedom. This, I think, is America’s real message to the rest of the world.
We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose-the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails.
I say when you get into a war, you should win as quick as you can, because your losses become a function of the duration of the war. I believe when you get in a war, get everything you need and win it.
I come from the very heart of America.
Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and her future are bound up with the United States.
Only by trusting in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.
The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.