I Usually Never Walk By A Microphone.

Too Often Character Assassination Has Replaced Debate In Principle Here In Washington. Destroy Someone's Reputation, And You Don't Have To Talk About What He Stands For.

We In America Have Learned Bitter Lessons From Two World Wars: It Is Better To Be Here [in Europe] Ready To Protect The Peace, Than To Take Blind Shelter Across The Sea, Rushing To Respond Only After Freedom Is Lost. We've Learned That Isolationism Never Was And Never Will Be An Acceptable Response To Tyrannical Governments With An Expansionist Intent.

If We Lose Freedom Here, There Is No Place To Escape To. This Is The Last Stand On Earth.

Our Enemies May Be Irrational, Even Outright Insane, Driven By Nationalism, Religion, Ethnicity Or Ideology. They Do Not Fear The United States For Its Diplomatic Skills Or The Number Of Automobiles And Software Programs It Produces. They Respect Only The Firepower Of Our Tanks, Planes And Helicopter Gunships.

I Never Drink Coffee At Lunch. I Find It Keeps Me Awake For The Afternoon.