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.

The only significance of analyzing the past is that it does give us some key to the future.

One of the best ways to expand his horizon is through a regular reading program.

In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now expect a war. This generation of Americans has already had enough - more than enough - of war and hate and oppression. We shall be prepared if others wish it. We shall be alert to try to stop it. But we shall also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe and the strong are just. We are not helpless before that task or hopeless of its success. Confident and unafraid, we labor on - not toward a strategy of annihilation but toward a strategy of peace.

The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.