Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]

We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

When asked what I am most proud of, I stick out my chest, hold my head high and state proudly, 'I served in the United States Navy!'

What church I go to on Sunday, what dogma of the Catholic Church I believe in, is my business; and whatever faith any other American has is his business.

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.