Recognition of the Supreme Being was the first - the most basic - expression of Americanism.

I call upon those who love freedom to stand with us now. Together we shall achieve victory.

I have said time and again there is no place on this earth to which I would not travel, there is no chore I would not undertake if I had any faintest hope that, by so doing, I would promote the general cause of world peace.

Men of widely divergent views in our own country live in peace together because they share certain common aspirations which are more important than their differences.... The common responsibility of all Americans is to become effective, helpful participants in a way of life that blends and harmonizes the fiercely competitive demands of the individual and society.

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

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

You know, this is what I've always thought a college should look like.