If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.

Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.

I see little more important to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.

The earth, the sea and air are the concern of every nation. And science, technology, and education can be the ally of every nation.

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.

The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.