Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Science contributes to our culture in many ways, as a creative intellectual activity in its own right, as the light which has served to illuminate man's place in the universe, and as the source of und...
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.
The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
It is not only the unit vote for the Presidency we are talking about, but a whole solar system of governmental power. If it is proposed to change the balance of power of one of the elements of the sol...
I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I serve...
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and...
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard...
We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, in human liberty as the source of national action, in the human heart as the source of national compassion... for liberalism is not so muc...
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for dive
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.
I'm shadowboxing in a match the shadow is always going to win. (as a young man battling his deceased brother's heroic legacy)