Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

I have asked the secretary of the treasury to report by April 1 on whether present tax laws may be stimulating in undue amounts the flow of American capital to the industrial countries abroad through special preferential treatment.

I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important...and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines dominate them.

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.