I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. Second, I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon.

People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.

America is best described by one word, freedom.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.

Remember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him.