Our technology has already outstripped our ability to control it.

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

Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them must share the guilt for the dead.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.