Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy].

Preparing for battle, plans were essential. But once the battle was joined, plans were useless.

Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless

Knowledge-full, unfettered knowledge of its own heritage, of freedom's enemies, of the whole world of men and ideas-this knowledge is a free people's surest strength.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.