"The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, and understanding. To these must be added the utterly essential quality of humility."

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of …"

"You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership."

"The path to peace is not an easy one. It is fraught with peril and uncertainty."