In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration.

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life.

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

Sincerity is always subject to proof.

Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner.

It is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.

Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.