The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Just because we cannot see clearly te end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey.

Just as I went into politics because Joe died, if anything happened to me tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my seat in the Senate. And if Bobby died, Teddy would take over for him.

In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.

[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law.

Football today is far too much a sport for the few who can play it well; the rest of us, and too many of our children, get out exercise from climbing up the seats in stadiums, or from walking across the room to turn on our television sets.