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

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

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

War is a contest, and you finally get to a point where you are talking merely about race suicide, and nothing else.

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

You did not tell me what you are doing athletically just now but I do hope that if your arm comes along next spring you can get it in good shape to try out for the pitching spot on the varsity. However, if you don't make it then I suggest you take up golf which after all is the best game of all of them.

I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in the useful part of the road.