We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

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.

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.

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

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.