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.

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so.

The very word Secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society.

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

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.