Disarmament without checks is but a shadow – and a community without law is but a shell.
There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.
I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution: the principle of religious independence, of religious liberty, of religious freedom.
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.
Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent.
To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals.
Let’s not talk so much about vice. I’m against vice in all forms.
Life isn’t fair. It never was and never will be.
Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.
Someone always needs rescuing, yet there’s only one person who ever seems to understand you. It’s a lot like being Lassie.
Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness, and strength of men who sail the seas in ships.
The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities frivolous, or ample provision for them unworthy of the nation’s concern.
I would encourage every American to walk as often as possible. It’s more than healthy; it’s fun.
We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.
We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard.
Peaceful circulation has been interupted by barbed wire and concrete blocks. For a city or a people to be truly free, they must have the secure right, without economic, political or police pressure, to make their own choices and live their own lives.
The guiding principle of this Nation has been, is now, and ever shall be IN GOD WE TRUST.
I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.
When things don’t go well they like to blame presidents; and that’s something that presidents are paid for.