There can be no true disarmament without peace, and there can be no real peace without very material disarmament.

There is one thing about being President -- nobody can tell you when to sit down.

I feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built." (On construction of reviewing stands for inauguration of his successor John F Kennedy)

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

It is still a fact that our common frontier grows stronger every year, defended only by friendship.

In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?

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