Our security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them clear, the will that directs them indomitable.

All private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

All of us in all the Americas will be living at the point of a gun.

I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight.

The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society.

We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.