Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive

When power corrupts, poetry cleanses

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.

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for mans allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.