"The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated"

"Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity"

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom"

"It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life"

"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value"

"There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty"

"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military"

"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists"

"We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might"

"Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups"

"As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession"