Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

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.

We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.

I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.

Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security.

I strongly believe in Scouting. ... It's a source of great strength to us.

Every president has taken comfort and courage when told...that the Lord "will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed."