The world has been close to war before - but now man, who has survived all previous threats to his existence, has taken into his mortal hands the power to exterminate the entire species some seven times over.

Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.

To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.