I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

My family raised bird dogs when I was growing up in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and I'm a gun owner myself. We understand that heritage, our deeply rooted place in America and our influence as the world's largest retailer. And we understand the responsibility that comes with it.

I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.

A statesman deals with concrete difficulties - with things which must be done from day to day. Not often can he frame conscious patterns for the far off future.

Government cannot take a holiday of a year, a month, or even a day just because a few people are tired or frightened by the inescapable pace of this modern world in which we live.

The Congress has understood that under modern conditions government has a continuing responsibility to meet continuing problems.