We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

Perhaps scientists have been the most international of all professions in their outlook... Every time you scientists make a major invention, we politicians have to invent a new institution to cope with it-and almost invariably, these days, it must be an international institution.

I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery.

To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.