First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single concentrated effort.

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

I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference." (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)

If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead.

The true slogan of a true democracy is not `Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

We ... must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.