Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.

Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.

In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.

The Program further aims to make the benefits of American culture and technology available to the world and to enrich American life by exposing it to the science and art of many societies.

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.

The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.

"The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last."

Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.

We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.

My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

Fear invites aggression - do not show it to a predator.

You don't need coffee. Nobody needs coffee. You can get along without it.

Les te moins sont fort chers, et n'en a pas qui veut. Witnesses are expensive and not everyone can afford them.

The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.

[God is] an all-encompassing love that is the source of all, the reality of all, and the being through which I am.

The argument from improbability, properly deployed, comes close to proving that God does not exist.

The best movies are simple.

Every man makes a god of his own desire