A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.