I believe we must be strong militarily, but beyond a certain point military strength can become a national weakness.

I believe that without free enterprise there can be no democracy.

... The future is very markedly in your hands, its value and its moral standing in the world and among ourselves. If you will take the power you have and use it, I have no fear of the outcome of the future.

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.

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

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.