The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.

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.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.