Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.

It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.

The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

Men make history, not the other way around.