This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.

My constant prayer, these days, as I start my backswing is, 'Oh, please let me swing slowly.' The trouble is that sometimes I wonder whether I swing at all; whether I am not strictly a chopper.

I think of going back to the sports field again, and let's take a baseball game. Well, you have cracked out a grounder and you put in your last ounce of energy and you just happen to make first base. But you don't stop there. First base is the beginning. Now you call on all your alertness, your skill, your energy - and you count on your teammates, you count on the people that are working with you. And the purpose of that getting on first base was to get you around to count a run.

The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.