Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.

Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.

The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.

While it may be theoretically possible to demonstrate the risks inherent in any treaty... the far greater risk to our security are the risks of unrestricted testing, the risks of a nuclear arms race, the risks of new nuclear powers.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet.