Eisenhower: “We have no fixed convictions, although I think we would like to have it at a reasonably early date.”

Leadership is not proved by a mere whirling across the public stage in a burst of glib oratory.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

Our unity as a nation is sustained by free communication of thought and by easy transportation of people and goods.

I feel now it would be futile for me to attempt anything else in the way of words.