The supreme belief of our society is the dignity and freedom of the individual. To the respect of that dignity, to the defense of that freedom, all effort is pledged.

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

A preventive war, to my mind, is an impossibility today. How could you have one if one of its features would be several cities lying in ruins, several cities where many, many thousands of people would be dead and injured and mangled, the transportation systems destroyed, sanitation implements and systems all gone? That isn't preventive war; that is war.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.