Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.

We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.

I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

Slumism is the pent-up anger of people living on the outside of affluence. Slumism is decay of structure and deterioration of the human spirit. Slumism is a virus which spreads through the body politic. As other "isms," it breeds disorder and demagoguery and hate.