Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

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

What we seek to advance, what we seek to develop in all of our colleges and universities, are educated men and women who can bear the burdens of responsible citizenship, who can make judgments about life as it is, and as it must be, and encourage the people to make those decisions which can bring not only prosperity and security, but happiness to the people of the United Sates and those who depend upon it.

There is a terrific disadvantage in not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you daily. Even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn't write it, and even though we disapprove, there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press.

Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world

If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all.

Let us make it clear that we will never turn our backs on our steadfast friends in Israel, whose adherence to the democratic way must be admired by all friends of freedom.