A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.

In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares, but our bombs into peaceful reactors, and our planes into space vessels. "Pursue peace," the Bible tells us, and we shall pursue it with every effort and every energy that we possess. But it is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

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

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

Those [presidents] who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.

probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.