If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.

The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.

Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

I believe the American people are more concerned with a man's views and abilities than with the church to which he belongs. I believe the founding fathers meant it when they provided in Article VI of the Constitution that there should be no religious test for public office. And I believe that the American people mean to adhere to those principles today.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a position where we could determine what were their own best interest, as a part of the nation's interest.

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.