 The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. |
| Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life. |
| The noblest search is the search for excellence. |
| There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. |
| The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty. |
| The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me. |
| John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many. |
| If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it. |
| Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife. |
| I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display. |
| Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity. |
| We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. |
| Every President wants to do right. |
| Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. |
| When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner. |
| They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do. |
