The human mind is our fundamental resource.

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth - but neither shall we shrink from that risk any time it must be faced.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.