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For Any American Who Had The Great And Priceless Privilege Of Being Raised In A Small Town There Always Remains With Him Nostalgic Memories... And The Older He Grows The More He Senses What He Owed To The Simple Honesty And Neighborliness, The Integrity That He Saw All Around Him In Those Days.

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For Any American Who Had The Great And Priceless Privilege Of Being Raised In A Small Town There Always Remains With Him Nostalgic Memories... And The Older He Grows The More He Senses What He Owed To The Simple Honesty And Neighborliness, The Integrity That He Saw All Around Him In Those Days.

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The Supreme Belief Of Our Society Is The Dignity And Freedom Of The Individual. To The Respect Of That Dignity, To The Defense Of That Freedom, All Effort Is Pledged.

The Next Time You See One Of Those Squirrels Go Near My Putting Green, Take A Gun And Shoot It

The Supreme Quality Of Leadership Is Integrity.

Well, When You Come Down To It, I Don't See That A Reporter Could Do Much To A President, Do You?

Ideas More Than Once Have Prevailed Against Naked Power. Guns And Aircraft Alone Do Not Make A State Powerful. Unless Force Is Backed Up By The Will Of The Great Body Of People It Loses Its Meaning.

The Necessary And Wise Subordination Of The Military To Civil Power Must Be Sustained.

We Need An Adequate Defense, But Every Arms Dollar We Spend Above Adequacy Has A Long-term Weakening Effect Upon The Nation And Its Security.

The Only Answer To A Regime That Wages Total Cold War Is To Wage Total Peace.

I Have One Yardstick By Which I Test Every Major Problem - And That Yardstick Is: Is It Good For America?

For Every Obstacle There Is A Solution. Persistence Is The Key. The Greatest Mistake Is Giving Up!

This Desk Of Mine Is One At Which A Man May Die, But From Which He Cannot Resign.

Freedom Bestows On Us The Priceless Gift Of Opportunity - If We Neglect Our Opportunities We Shall Certainly Lose Our Freedom.

Politics Should Be The Part-time Profession Of Every Citizen.

The Peace We Seek, Founded Upon Decent Trust And Cooperation Among Nations, Can Be Fortified Not By Weapons Of War But By Wheat And Cotton, By Milk And Wool, By Meat And Timber, And By Rice. These Are Words That Translate Into Every Language.

The Libraries Of America Are And Must Ever Remain The Home Of Free And Inquiring Minds. To Them, Our Citizens-of All Ages And Races, Of All Creeds And Persuasions-must Be Able To Turn With Clear Confidence That There They Can Freely Seek The Whole Truth, Unvarnished By Fashion And Uncompromised By Expediency.

There Is No Person In This Room Whose Basic Rights Are Not Involved In Any Successful Defiance To The Carrying Out Of Court Orders.

The Sergeant Is The Army.

Dollars And Guns Are No Substitutes For Brains And Will Power.

The World Is More Like It Is Now Then It Ever Has Before.

I Would Rather Have A Lucky General Than A Smart General.... They Win Battles, And They Make Me Lucky.

Our Best Protection Against Bigger Government In Washington Is Better Government In The States.

Preventive War Was An Invention Of Hitler. I Would Not Even Listen To Anyone Seriously That Came And Talked About Such A Thing.

No Battle Was Ever Won According To Plan, But No Battle Was Ever Won Without One.

According To Plan

Some People Wanted Champagne And Caviar When They Should Have Had Beer And Hot Dogs.

The Essence Of War Is Fire, Famine, And Pestilence. They Contribute To Its Outbreak; They Are Among Its Weapons; They Become Its Consequences.

Any Nations Right To A Form Of Government And Economic System Of Its Own Choosing Is Inalienable. Any Nations Attempt To Dictate To Other Nations Their Form Of Government Is Indefensible.

Through Knowledge And Understanding We Will Drive From The Temple Of Freedom All Who Seek To Establish Over Us Thought Control - Whether They Be Agents Of A Foreign Power Or Demagogues Thirsty For Personal Power And Public Notice.

I Am Inclined By Nature To Be Optimistic About The Capacity Of A Person To Rise Higher Than He Or She Has Thought Possible Once Interest And Ambition Are Aroused.

It Is Not Enough To Take This Weapon Out Of The Hands Of Soldiers. It Must Be Put Into The Hands Of Those Who Will Know How To Strip Its Military Casing And Adapt It To The Arts Of Peace.

For A Just And Lasting Peace, Here Is My Solemn Pledge To You: By Dedication And Patience We Will Continue, As Long As I Remain Your President, To Work For This Simple - This Single - This Exclusive Goal.

Let Us Solemnly Remember The Sacrifices Of All Those Who Fought So Valiantly, On The Seas, In The Air, And On Foreign Shores, To Preserve Our Heritage Of Freedom, And Let Us Reconsecrate Ourselves To The Task Of Promoting An Enduring Peace So That Their Efforts Shall Not Have Been In Vain.

Well, It's Hard For A Mere Man To Believe That Woman Doesn't Have Equal Rights.

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.

Memory Should Be The Starting Point Of The Present.

The People Of Israel, Like Those Of The United States, Are Imbued With A Religious Faith And A Sense Of Moral Values

The Things I Saw Beggar Description ... The Visual Evidence And The Verbal Testimony Of Starvation, Cruelty, And Bestiality Were So Overpowering As To Leave Me A Bit Sick. In One Room, Where There Were Piled Up Twenty Or Thirty Naked Men, Killed By Starvation, George Patton Would Not Even Enter. He Said He Would Get Sick If He Did So. I Made The Visit Deliberately, In Order To Be In A Position To Give First-hand Evidence Of These Things If Ever, In The Future, There Develops A Tendency To Charge These Allegations Merely To "propaganda".

There Are A Number Of Things Wrong With Washington. One Of Them Is That Everyone Is Too Far From Home.

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For All That We Cherish And Justly Desire - For Ourselves Or For Our Children - The Securing Of Peace Is The First Requisite.

... Four Other Pieces Of Equipment That Most Senior Officers Came To Regard As Among The Most Vital To Our Success In Africa And Europe Were The Bulldozer, The Jeep, The 2--ton Truck, And The C-47 Airplane. Curiously, None Of These Is Designed For Combat.

Firmness In Support Of Fundamentals, With Flexibility In Tactics And Methods, Is The Key To Any Hope Of Progress In Negotiation.

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It Is My Personal Conviction That Almost Any One Of The Newborn States Of The World Would Far Rather Embrace Communism Or Any Other Form Of Dictatorship Than Acknowledge The Political Domination Of Another Government, Even Though That Brought To Each Citizen A Far Higher Standard Of Living.

As Our Heart Summons Our Strength, Our Wisdom Must Direct It.

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The President Cannot Escape From His Office.

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War Is Mankind's Most Tragic And Stupid Folly; To Seek Or Advise Its Deliberate Provocation Is A Black Crime Against All Men. Though You Follow The Trade Of The Warrior, You Do So In The Spirit Of Washington - Not Of Genghis Khan. For Americans, Only Threat To Our Way Of Life Justifies Resort To Conflict.

[not Achieving A Nuclear Test Ban] Would Have To Be Classed As The Greatest Disappointment Of Any Administration Of Any Decade, Of Any Time And Of Any Party.

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The Speed, Accuracy And Devastating Power Of American Artillery Won Confidence And Admiration From The Troops It Supported And Inspired Fear And Respect In Their Enemy.

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Give Us, We Pray, The Power To Discern Clearly Right From Wrong, And Allow All Our Words And Actions To Be Governed Thereby, And By The Laws Of This Land. Especially We Pray That Our Concern Shall Be For All The People Regardless Of Station, Race, Or Calling.

We ... Must Avoid The Impulse To Live Only For Today, Plundering For Our Own Ease And Convenience The Precious Resources Of Tomorrow.

The Free World Must Not Prove Itself Worthy Of Its Own Past.

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We Reject Any Idea That One Race Of People Is In Any Way Better Than Another.

Only Americans Can Hurt America.

There Is No Such Thing As Human Superiority.

I Deplore The Need Or The Use Of Troops Anywhere To Get American Citizens To Obey The Orders Of Constituted Courts.

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Never Be More Scared Of The Enemy Than You Think He Is Of You.

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It Is Still A Fact That Our Common Frontier Grows Stronger Every Year, Defended Only By Friendship.

The Potential For The Disastrous Rise Of Misplaced Power Exists And Will Persist.

You Will Not Find It Difficult To Prove That Battles, Campaigns, And Even Wars Have Been Won Or Lost Primarily Because Of Logistics.

It Is Better To Have One Person Working With You Than Three People Working For You.

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Before A Battle, Planning Is Everything. Once The Fighting Has Begun, It's Worthless

An Atheist Is A Man Who Watches A Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University Game And Doesn't Care Who Wins.

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The Eyes Of The World Are Upon You. The Hopes And Prayers Of Liberty-loving People Everywhere March With You.

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Leadership Is The Ability To Get A Person To Do What You Want Him To Do, When You Want It Done, In A Way You Want It Done, Because He Wants To Do It.

I Despise People Who Go To The Gutter On Either The Right Or The Left And Hurl Rocks At Those In The Center.

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We Have Won An Armistice On A Single Battlefield, Not Peace In Our World. We May Not Now Relax Our Guard Nor Cease Our Quest.

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Together We Must Learn How To Compose Differences, Not With Arms, But With Intellect And Decent Purpose.

No One Should Ever Sit In This Office Over 70 Years Old, And That I Know.

When You Put On A Uniform, There Are Certain Inhibitions That You Accept.

Under The Clouds Of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross Of Iron.

The System Is Not Intended As A Substitute For Private Savings, Pension Plans, And Insurance Protection. It Is, Rather, Intended As The Foundation Upon Which These Other Forms Of Protection Can Be Soundly Built. Thus, The Individual's Own Work, His Planning And His Thrift Will Bring Him A Higher Standard Of Living Upon His Retirement, Or His Family A Higher Standard Of Living In The Event Of His Death, Than Would Otherwise Be The Case. Hence The System Both Encourages Thrift And Self-reliance, And Helps To Prevent Destitution In Our National Life.

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There Is Nothing Wrong With America That Faith, Love Of Freedom, Intelligence, And Energy Of Her Citizens Cannot Cure.

Innovations And Discoveries Have Created New Industries Giving More And More Americans Better Jobs And Adding Greatly To The Prosperity And Well Being Of All.

Preparing For Battle, Plans Were Essential. But Once The Battle Was Joined, Plans Were Useless.

I Feel Impelled To Speak Today In A Language That In A Sense Is New-one Which I, Who Have Spent So Much Of My Life In The Military Profession, Would Have Preferred Never To Use. That New Language Is The Language Of Atomic Warfare.

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?

Men And Women, Inspired By Faith In Man's Dignity, Goaded By Conviction In Man's Responsibility, Labored That This Land Might Be A Better Home For Those Who Followed Them. Because Every American Generation Attacked Its Problems With Fresh Vigor, We Have Peopled A Continent, Subdued Its Prairies And Wilderness, Tamed Its Rivers And Devoted Its Resources To The Betterment Of Those Who Dwell In It.

Without God There Could Be No American Form Of Government, Nor An American Way Of Life. Recognition Of The Supreme Being Is The First, The Most Basic, Expression Of Americanism. Thus, The Founding Fathers Of America Saw It, And Thus With God's Help, It Will Continue To Be.

No Man Can Always Be Right. So The Struggle Is To Do One's Best, To Keep The Brain And Conscience Clear, Never Be Swayed By Unworthy Motives Or Inconsequential Reasons, But To Strive To Unearth The Basic Factors Involved, Then Do One's Duty.

The Past Sharpens Perspective, Warns Against Pitfalls, And Helps To Point The Way.

American Working Men Are Principals In The Three-member Team Of Capital, Management, Labor. Never Have They Regarded Themselves As A Servile Class That Could Attain Freedom Only Through Destruction Of The Industrial Economy.

I Come From The Very Heart Of America.

We Must Achieve Both Security And Solvency. In Fact, The Foundation Of Military Strength Is Economic Strength.

Every Gun That Is Made, Every Warship Launched, Every Rocket Fired, Signifies In The Final Sense A Theft From Those Who Hunger And Are Not Fed, Those Who Are Cold And Are Not Clothed.

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.

Pessimism Never Won Any Battle.

You Don't Lead By Hitting People Over The Head - That's Assault, Not Leadership.

Our Forces Saved The Remnants Of The Jewish People Of Europe For A New Life And A New Hope In The Reborn Land Of Israel. Along With All Men Of Good Will, I Salute The Young State And Wish It Well.

When I Was A Small Boy In Kansas, A Friend Of Mine And I Went Fishing. I Told Him I Wanted To Be A Real Major League Baseball Player, A Genuine Professional Like Honus Wagner. My Friend Said That He'd Like To Be President Of The United States. Neither Of Us Got Our Wish.

We Want Democracy To Survive For All Generations To Come, Not To Become The Insolvent Phantom Of Tomorrow.

The Teaching Of Their Ancient Belief Is Filled With Truth For The Present Day. Its Profound Sense Of Justice, Nation To Nation, Man To Man, Is An Essential Part Of Every Religious And Social Order. The Health Of Our Society Depends Upon A Deep And Abiding Respect For The Basic Commandments Of The God Of Israel.

Before All Else, We Seek, Upon Our Common Labor As A Nation, The Blessings Of Almighty God.

The Seeker Is Never So Popular As The Sought. People Want What They Can't Get.

In This Way We Are Reaffirming The Transcendence Of Religious Faith In America's Heritage And Future. From This Day Forward, The Millions Of Our Schoolchildren Will Daily Proclaim In Every City And Town, Every Village And Every Rural Schoolhouse, The Dedication Of Our Nation And Our People To The Almighty. In This Way We Shall Constantly Strengthen Those Spiritual Weapons Which Forever Will Be Our Country's Most Powerful Resource In Peace And War.

The Final Battle Against Intolerance Is To Be Fought - Not In The Chambers Of Any Legislature - But In The Hearts Of Men.

Like All Successful Politicians I Married Above Myself.

In The Highest Sense The Bible Is To Us The Unique Repository Of Eternal Spiritual Truths.

Change Based On Principle Is Progress. Constant Change Without Principle Becomes Chaos.

If All That Americans Want Is Security, They Can Go To Prison. They'll Have Enough To Eat, A Bed And A Roof Over Their Heads. But If An American Wants To Preserve His Dignity And His Equality As A Human Being, He Must Not Bow His Neck To Any Dictatorial Government.

It Is Far More Important To Be Able To Hit The Target Than It Is To Haggle Over Who Makes A Weapon Or Who Pulls A Trigger.

Some Politician Some Years Ago Said That Bad Officials Are Elected By Good Voters Who Do Not Vote.

As We Peer Into Society's Future, We -- You And I, And Our Government -- Must Avoid The Impulse To Live Only For Today, Plundering For Our Own Ease And Convenience The Precious Resources Of Tomorrow. We Cannot Mortgage The Material Assets Of Our Grandchildren Without Risking The Loss Also Of Their Political And Spiritual Heritage. We Want Democracy To Survive For All Generations To Come, Not To Become The Insolvent Phantom Of Tomorrow.

The Opportunist Thinks Of Me And Today. The Statesman Thinks Of Us And Tomorrow.

'worry' Is A Word That I Don't Allow Myself To Use.

We Will Bankrupt Ourselves In The Vain Search For Absolute Security.

We Are So Proud Of Our Guarantees Of Freedom In Thought And Speech And Worship, That, Unconsciously, We Are Guilty Of One Of The Greatest Errors That Ignorance Can Make - We Assume Our Standard Of Values Is Shared By All Other Humans In The World.

The United States Pledges Before You-and Therefore Before The World-its Determination To Help Solve The Fearful Atomic Dilemma-to Devote Its Entire Heart And Mind To Find The Way By Which The Miraculous Inventiveness Of Man Shall Not Be Dedicated To His Death, But Consecrated To His Life.

The Only Things Worth Counting On Are People You Can Count On.

Without God, There Would Be No American Form Of Government, Nor An American Way Of Life.

War Is A Grim, Cruel Business, A Business Justified Only As A Means Of Sustaining The Forces Of Good Against Those Of Evil.

Any Survey Of The Free World's Defense Structure Cannot Fail To Impart A Feeling Of Regret That So Much Of Our Effort And Resources Must Be Devoted To Armaments.

Should Any Political Party Attempt To Abolish Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, And Eliminate Labor Laws And Farm Programs, You Would Not Hear Of That Party Again In Our Political History.

The Peace We Seek And Need Means Much More Than Mere Absence Of War. It Means The Acceptance Of Law, And The Fostering Of Justice, In All The World.

Beware The Military-industrial Complex.

Military Industrial Complex

The Righteousness Of Men Should Be Treated With The Same Respect That One Would Accord To A Rattlesnake. Things Are More Like They Are Now Than They Ever Were Before.

From Behind The Iron Curtain, There Are Signs That Tyranny Is In Trouble And Reminders That Its Structure Is As Brittle As Its Surface Is Hard.

I Firmly Believe That The Future Of Civilization Is Absolutely Dependent Upon Finding Some Way Of Resolving International Differences Without Resorting To War.

Peace And Justice Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin.

Military Power Serves The Cause Of Security By Making Prohibitive The Cost Of Any Aggressive Attack. It Serves The Cause Of Peace By Holding Up A Shield Behind Which The Patient Constructive Work Of Peace Can Go On.

Never Send A Battalion To Take A Hill If A Regiment Is Available.

One Minute I'm Exactly What Churchill Described Me The Most Powerful Man In History. Now The Order's Given, Hell; I'm Just Audience Front Row Center To The Shoe. But A Corporal On Juno, A Private On Utah There The Ones Who Will Affect The Outcome Not Me. It's Up To Them Now.

I Never Saw A Pessimistic General Win A Battle.

Always Try To Associate Yourself With And Learn As Much As You Can From Those Who Know More Than You Do, Who Do Better Than You, Who See More Clearly Than You.

Better Than You

I Assure You That It Is Our Desire And Intention To Keep The Doors Of Consultation Always And Fully Open. There Must Never Be A Final Word Between Friends.

There's No Tragedy In Life Like The Death Of A Child. Things Never Get Back To The Way They Were.

Things Have Never Been More Like The Way They Are Today In History.

The Problem In Defense Is How Far You Can Go Without Destroying From Within What You Are Trying To Defend From Without.

"in The Goodness Of Time, All Peoples Will Come To Live Together In A Peace Guaranteed By The Binding Force Of Mutual Respect And Love."

In The Final Choice A Soldier's Pack Is Not So Heavy As A Prisoner's Chains.

War Is A Contest, And You Finally Get To A Point Where You Are Talking Merely About Race Suicide, And Nothing Else.

The Eyes Of The World Are Upon You.

In The Councils Of Government, We Must Guard Against The Acquisition Of Unwarranted Influence, Whether Sought Or Unsought, By The Military Industrial Complex. The Potential For The Disastrous Rise Of Misplaced Power Exists And Will Persist. We Must Never Let The Weight Of This Combination Endanger Our Liberties Or Democratic Processes. We Should Take Nothing For Granted. Only An Alert And Knowledgeable Citizenry Can Compel The Proper Meshing Of The Huge Industrial And Military Machinery Of Defense With Our Peaceful Methods And Goals, So That Security And Liberty May Prosper Together.

A Nation's Hope Of Lasting Peace Cannot Be Firmly Based Upon Any Race In Armaments But Rather Upon Just Relations And Honest Understanding With All Other Nations.

I Get Weary Of The European Habit Of Taking Our Money, Resenting Any Slight Hint As To What They Should Do, And Then Assuming, In Addition, Full Right To Criticize Us As Bitterly As They May Desire.

The Building Of Such A Peace Is A Bold And Solemn Purpose. To Proclaim It Is Easy. To Serve It Will Be Hard. And To Attain It, We Must Be Aware Of Its Full Meaning - And Ready To Pay Its Full Price.

Now, The Education Of Our Children Is Of National Concern, And If They Are Not Educated Properly, It Is A National Calamity.

With 450,000 U. S. Troops Now In Vietnam, It Is Time That Congress Decided Whether Or Not To Declare A State Of War Exists With North Vietnam. Previous Congressional Resolutions Of Support Provide Only Limited Authority. Although Congress May Decide That The Previously Approved Resolution On Vietnam Given President Johnson Is Sufficient, The Issue Of A Declaration Of War Should At Least Be Put Before The Congress For Decision.

The Founding Father Expressed In Words For All To Read The Ideal Of Government Based Upon The Dignity Of The Individual. That Ideal Previously Had Existed Only In The Hearts And Minds Of Men. They Produced The Timeless Documents Upon Which The Nation Is Rounded And Has Grown Great. They, Recognizing God As The Author Of Individual Fights, Declared That The Purpose Of Government Is To Secure Those Rights.

I Also Ache At That Thought Your Majesty... But If They Do Not Offer The Sacrifice In Blood Now, We Will All Pay Dearly With Added Gallons Later. So If Some Most Die It Is In A Worthy Cause.

Nothing Is Easy In War. Mistakes Are Always Paid For In Casualties And Troops Are Quick To Sense Any Blunder Made By Their Commanders.

These Are Not Bad People. All They Are Concerned About Is To See That Their Sweet Little Girls Are Not Required To Sit In School Alongside Some Big Overgrown Negroes.

Our Pleasures Were Simple - They Included Survival.

In Vast Stretches Of The Earth, Men Awoke Today In Hunger. They Will Spend The Day In Unceasing Toil. And As The Sun Goes Down They Will Still Know Hunger. They Will See Suffering In The Eyes Of Their Children. Many Despair That Their Labor Will Ever Decently Shelter Their Families Or Protect Them Against Disease. So Long As This Is So, Peace And Freedom Will Be In Danger Throughout Our World. For Wherever Free Men Lose Hope Of Progress, Liberty Will Be Weakened And The Seeds Of Conflict Will Be Sown.

Your Country, My Country - Each Is A Better And Stronger And More Influential Nation Because Each Can Rely Upon Every Resource Of The Other In Days Of Crisis. Beyond This, Each Can Work And Grow And Prosper With The Other Through Years Of Quiet Peace.

Freedom Has Its Life In The Hearts, The Actions, The Spirit Of Men And So It Must Be Daily Earned And Refreshed - Else Like A Flower Cut From Its Life-giving Roots, It Will Wither And Die.

Every Leader Should Have Enough Humility To Accept, Publicly, The Responsibility For The Mistakes Of The Subordinates He Has Himself Selected And, Likewise, To Give Them Credit, Publicly, For Their Triumphs.

I Would Rather Try To Persuade A Man To Go Along, Because Once I Have Persuaded Him, He Will Stick. If I Scare Him, He Will Stay Just As Long As He Is Scared, And Then He Is Gone.

The Middle Of The Road Is All Of The Usable Surface. The Extremes, Right And Left, Are In The Gutters.

The Purpose Is Clear. It Is Safety With Solvency. The Country Is Entitled To Both.

I Believe That For The Past Twenty Years There Has Been A Creeping Socialism Spreading In The United States.

Our Government Makes No Sense Unless It Is Founded On A Deeply Held Religious Belief - And I Don't Care What It Is.

You Have A Row Of Dominoes Set Up; You Knock Over The First One, And What Will Happen To The Last One Is That It Will Go Over Very Quickly.

If We Make Ourselves Worthy Of America's Ideals, If We Do Not Forget That Our Nation Was Founded On The Premise That All Men Are Creatures Of God's Making, The World Will Come To Know That It Is Free Men Who Carry Forward The True Promise Of Human Progress And Dignity.

Teachers Need Our Active Support And Encouragement. They Are Doing One Of The Most Necessary And Exacting Jobs In The Land. They Are Developing Our Most Precious National Resource: Our Children, Our Future Citizens.

The Other Day Aks And I Went Up To Your Ranch For A Day's Fishing. I Cannot Remember Any Day When We Have Had More Fun On A Stream. We Had Along With Us Three Newspaper Men And A Few Secret Service People, Many Of Whom Had Never Seen A Trout Stream, So We Did The Thing Up Right By Borrowing Frying Pans, Bacon And Corn Meal From The Wife Of Your Rancher - And We Cooked An Outdoor Meal For The Crowd. It Was Really Quite A Day.

The People Of The World Genuinely Want Peace. Some Day The Leaders Of The World Are Going To Have To Give In And Give, It To Them.

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