... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward, and so will space.

We cannot reform the world.... Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock.

A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle.