A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats to the bill of rights, to freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak, of anti-communism.

A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.

Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.