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.

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

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

Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.

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