“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.”
Future“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.”
Courage“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.”
Future“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.”
War“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
Fear“I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.”
Intelligence“When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”
Wisdom“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
Courage“Politics is like football if you see daylight, go through the hole.”
Politics“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”
Best“A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.”
Courage“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”
Future“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.”
Freedom“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
Great“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.”
Education“Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.”
Power“We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.”
Age“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”
Poetry“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”
Education“My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.”
Dad“In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.”
Work“If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.”
Life