Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.

I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero.

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

It is to the United States that all freemen look for the light and the hope of the world. Unless we dedicate ourselves completely to this struggle, unless we combat hunger with food, fear with trust, suspicion with faith, fraud with justice - and threats with power, nations will surrender to the futility, the hopelessness, the panic on which wars feed.

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.