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.

There is no other airport in the world which serves so many people and so many airplanes. This is an extraordinary airport. . . it could be classed as one of the wonders of the modern world.

I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote - where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference - and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.

Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines dominate them.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.