The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

We cannot reform the world.... Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock.

It was involuntary. They sank my boat.

I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.

All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power--men who are not bound by the traditions of the past--men who are not blinded by the old fears and hates and rivalries-- young men who can cast off the old slogans and delusions and suspicions.

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said Because it is there. Well, space is there, and were going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.