While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer concern the Great Powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by wind and water and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. Mankind must put an end to war--or war will put an end to mankind.

If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.

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

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.

The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.