There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital to an expanding and complex America.

In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.

We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad.

I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.

Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security.