“I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?”
Good“When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.”
Experience“I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?”
Good“If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.”
Intelligence“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
War“Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.”
Strength“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
Society“The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.”
Wisdom“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.”
Government“In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?”
War“Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.”
Politics“I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?”
Good“Our real problem, then, is not our strength today it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.”
Strength“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
Art“Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.”
Good“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
Future“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
Men“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.”
Freedom“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”
Strength“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
Pet“Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.”
Faith“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.”
Peace