probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder

Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.

The time is not far off when many nations in many parts of the world of many political shades and commitments will possess nuclear or even thermonuclear weapons.

I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it is because in addition to the fact that the sea changes and the light changes, and ships change, it is because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came.