... 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 feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built." (On construction of reviewing stands for inauguration of his successor John F Kennedy)

Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent.

Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and her future are bound up with the United States.

Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God's help, go forward to our greatest victory.