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.
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.