We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.

If a beach-head of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.

Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.

If the self-discipline of the free cannot match the iron discipline of the mailed fist, in economic, political, scientific, and all the other kinds of struggles, as well as the military, then the peril to freedom will continue to rise.

First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon.

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.