I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

Such pip-squeaks as Nixon and McCarthy are trying to get us so frightened of Communism that we'll be afraid to turn out the lights at night.

Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment.

You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security.

You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory.

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

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.