Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.
The most ideal approach to advance is the way of opportunity.
Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.
Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
Courage--judgment--integrity--dedication--these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State....And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our government's conduct in the four stormy years that lie ahead.