The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.

Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble

This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends to be even more ahistorical than most.

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

[T]he guilty as well as the innocent are entitled to due process of law. They are entitled to a fair trial. They are entitled to counsel. They are entitled to fair treatment from the police. The law enforcement officer has the same duty as the citizen-indeed, he has a higher duty-to abide by the letter and spirit of our Constitution and laws. You yourselves must be careful to obey the letter of the law. You yourselves must be intellectually honest in the enforcement of the law.

Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness.