The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

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.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

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.

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

Our problems are man-made; therefore, they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.