Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.

The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say, be solved if we have the will, the courage, the boldness to face them, face them square.

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.