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

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

There is no other airport in the world which serves so many people and so many airplanes. This is an extraordinary airport. . . it could be classed as one of the wonders of the modern world.

Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.

We must formulate, with both imagination and restraint, a new approach to the Middle East - not pressing our case so hard that the Arabs feel their neutrality and nationalism are threatened ... while at the same time trying to hasten the inevitable Arab acceptance of the permanence of Israel ... We must ... seek a permanent settlement among Arabs and Israelis based not on an armed truce but on mutual self-interest.

Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one.

Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.