The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.

If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They'll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government.

The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.

This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that's the way it's going to be. We're going down there, and we're throwing everything we have into it, and we're going to make it a success.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.