The best road to progress is freedom's road.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.

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

Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.

Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise militarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.