There is nothing they [Russian leaders] admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for weakness, especially military weakness.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

Now this brings me to my main topic - our military strength - more specifically, how to stay strong against threat from outside, without undermining the economic health that supports our security.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Recognizing economic health as an indispensable basis of military strength and the free world's peace, we shall strive to foster everywhere, and to practice ourselves, policies that encourage productivity and profitable trade.

Honesty in politics is the result of strength, hypocrisy is the result of weakness.