For plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the sea and the air are the concern of every nation.
I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable – and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men – brave men – will make it so.
Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.
What’s the use of being Irish if the world doesn’t break your heart?
To sound the alarm is not to panic but to seek action from an aroused public.
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.
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.