Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and the first wave of nuclear power. And this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be part of it-we mean to lead it.

We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive for businesses to expand their normal investment in plant and equipment.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.

Let's not talk so much about vice. I'm against vice in all forms.

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

All my life Ive known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?