"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."
"Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]"
"Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan."
"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.[Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Prayer Breakfast, February 7 1963]"