“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“There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.”
Home“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“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
Society“Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.”
Politics“You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.”
Leadership“I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?”
Good“I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.”
Peace“The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.”
History“This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.”
Fear“Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”
Men“The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice!”
History“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”
Freedom“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“We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.”
Peace“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
Men“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.”
Politics“There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.”
Faith“Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.”
Age“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
Pet“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“Our real problem, then, is not our strength today it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.”
Strength