Character isn't inherited.

We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all.

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

if we pursue the arms race no other problem will be solved.

Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in our hearts and minds.

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.

Nothing can be controlled by one country today; nothing.