Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It’s the system that functions in the pinches that survives.

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

Let us make clear that we will never turn our back on our steadfast friends in Israel, whose adherence to the democratic way must be admired by all friends of freedom.

The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor capitalism, neither the H- bomb nor the guided missile—it is man’s eternal desire to be free and independent.

I do not believe that Washington should do for the people what they can do for themselves through local and private effort.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.