Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a position where we could determine what were their own best interest, as a part of the nation's interest.

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life.

In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.