....man's Struggle To Be Rational About Himself,

We Must Dare To Think 'unthinkable' Thoughts. We Must Learn To Explore All The Options And Possibilities That Confront Us In A Complex And Rapidly Changing World.

Power Tends To Confuse Itself With Virtue, And A Great Nation Is Peculiarly Susceptible To The Idea That Its Power Is A Sign Of God's Favor.

There Are Two Americas. One Is The America Of Lincoln And Adlai Stevenson; The Other Is The America Of Teddy Roosevelt And The Modern Superpatriots. One Is Generous And Humane, The Other Narrowly Egotistical; One Is Self-critical, The Other Self-righteous; One Is Sensible, The Other Romantic; One Is Good-humored, The Other Solemn; One Is Inquiring, The Other Pontificating; One Is Moderate, The Other Filled With Passionate Intensity; One Is Judicious And The Other Arrogant In The Use Of Great Power.

To Be A Statesman, You Must First Get Elected.

The Age Of Warrior Kings And Of Warrior Presidents Has Passed. The Nuclear Age Calls For A Different Kind Of Leadership.... A Leadership Of Intellect, Judgment, Tolerance And Rationality, A Leadership Committed To Human Values, To World Peace, And To The Improvement Of The Human Condition. The Attributes Upon Which We Must Draw Are The Human Attributes Of Compassion And Common Sense, Of Intellect And Creative Imagination, And Of Empathy And Understanding Between Cultures.