The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution.

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

If men and women are in chains anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere.

There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.

First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon.

Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons - new and uncertain nations - new pressures of population and deprivation.