As every past generation has had to disenthrall itself from an inheritance of truisms and stereotypes, so in our own time we must move on from the reassuring repetition of stale phrases to a new, difficult, but essential confrontation with reality. For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie-deliberate, contrived and dishonest-but the myth-persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Mythology distracts us everywhere.

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

Be aware of danger-but recognize the opportunity

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us...No longer is the quest for disarmament a sign of weakness, (nor) the destruction of arms a dream - it is a practical matter of life or death. The risks inherent in disarmament pale in comparison to the risks inherent in an unlimited arms race.

Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.