The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.
We are Republicans. But we are Americans first. It is as Americans that we express our concern with the growing confusion that threatens the security and stability of our country.
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.
I don’t believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren’t that desperate for victory.
We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.
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.
Surely the United States Senate is big enough to take self-criticism and self-appraisal. Surely we should be able to take the same kind of character attacks that we “dish out” to outsiders.
It is time that the great center of our people, who reject the violence and unreasonableness of both the extreme right and the extreme left, searched their consciences, mustered their moral and physical courage, shed their intimidated silence, and declare their consciences.
I think that it is high time that we remembered that we have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution. I think that it is high time that we remembered that the Constitution, as amended, speaks not only of the freedom of speech but also of trial by jury instead of trial by accusation.
The key to security is public information.
Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.
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.
Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.
I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure our own soul.
My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.
Freedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves – not of the government.
As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.
I always try to think before I talk.
Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited.
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, 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.