"The greatest danger in the present world is the possibility of the Soviet Union believing that the United States has reached the point of no return. We are not there yet."

"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy."

"The United States is not a nation of black and white people. It is a nation of immigrants."

"There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."

"Life is unfair."