If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity

We in this country, in this generation, are--by destiny rather than choice--the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of "peace on earth, good will toward men." That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: "except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain

My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan

True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a life affording scope

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names

If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind the power not only to create but also to annihilate, it has at the same time provided humanity with a supreme challenge and a supreme testing

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation

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