[Not achieving a nuclear test ban] would have to be classed as the greatest disappointment of any administration of any decade, of any time and of any party.

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.

To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

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

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.