[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.

We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

...Since 1775 the United States Marines have upheld a fine tradition of service to their country. They are doing so today. I am confident they will continue to do so.

Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith and reason in international affairs have given way to strident ambition and brute force.

In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.