No one is going to question my commitment to the defence of our nation. I don't know what it is these Republicans, who didn't serve in any war, have against those of us who are Democrats who did.

I will never conduct a war or start a war because we want to; the United States of America should only go to war because we have to. And if you live by that gu…

No young American should be held hostage to America's dependence on oil.

I promise just to serve two terms. Republicans do it differently. They just have the son repeat the father's whole first term.

The Communist Party and the Soviet Government display constant concern to strengthen the country's defensive might and raise the combat readiness of the Armed …

I think General Eisenhower was exactly right, I think we should be concerned about the military-industrial complex. I think if you look at where the country is…

Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchang…