“A picture is worth 1,000 denials.”

“Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

“I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.”

“Remember that every government service, every offer of government - financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom... In the days to come, whenever a voice is raised telling you to let the government do it, analyze very carefully to see whether the suggested service is worth the personal freedom which you must forgo in return for such service.”

“You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or a right. There is only an up or down: up to man's age-old dream -- the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order -- or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.”

“Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.”

“There are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.”