The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.

When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit saying it .

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

Our greatest songs are still unsung.

The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.

I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them.

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.