Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an unacceptable strategic threat to the United States. . . . This urgent transformation of Cuba into an important strategic base - by the presence of these large, long-range, and clearly offensive weapons of sudden mass-destruction - constitutes an explicit threat to the peace and security of all the Americas. . . .

Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.

Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand the opportunities of our people.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

The basis of effective government is public confidence.