" Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. "

" Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think. "

" Great spirits have always found violent oppositions from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when one does not thoughtlessly submit to what has always been but honestly and courageously uses their intelligence for something better. "

" We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists ... "

" You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people
some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. "