A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century... unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.