America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.

There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts. The age of Pericles was also the age of Phidias. The age of Lorenzo de Medici was also the age of Leonardo da Vinci. The age of Elizabeth was also the age of Shakespeare. And the New Frontier for which I campaign in public life, can also be a New Frontier for American art.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

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

When I was growing up I had three wishes. I wanted to be a Lindbergh-type hero, learn Chinese, and become a member of The Algonquin Round Table.