And only the very courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this nation, nourished it as an infant, and carried it through its severest tests upon the attainment of its maturity.

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

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will build handsome and balanced cities for our future.

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.

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

Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.

If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all.