Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

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

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

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.

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 basis of effective government is public confidence.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

We have allowed a soft sentimentalism to form the atmosphere we breathe. And in that kind of atmosphere, a diffuse desire to do good has become a substitute for tough-minded plans and operations-a substitute for strategy.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought.