Any Man Who Wants To Be President

When I Was A Small Boy In Kansas, A Friend Of Mine And I Went Fishing. I Told Him I Wanted To Be A Real Major League Baseball Player, A Genuine Professional Like Honus Wagner. My Friend Said That He'd Like To Be President Of The United States. Neither Of Us Got Our Wish.

Arms Alone Can Give The World No Permanent Peace, No Confident Security. Arms Are Solely For Defense - To Protect From Violent Assault What We Already Have. They Are Only A Costly Insurance. They Cannot Add To Human Progress.

Every Battle Is Going To Surprise You. No Plan Ever Survives Contact With The Enemy.

That Was Not The Biggest Battle That Ever Was, But For Me It Always Typified One Thing; The Dash, The Ingenuity, The Readiness At The First Opportunity That Characterizes The American Soldier.

I Could Have Spoken From Rhode Island Where I Have Been Staying ... But I Felt That, In Speaking From The House Of Lincoln, Of Jackson, And Of Wilson, My Words Would Better Convey Both The Sadness I Feel In The Action I Was Compelled Today To Make And The Firmness With Which I Intend To Pursue This Course Until The Orders Of The Federal Court At Little Rock Can Be Executed Without Unlawful Interference." (on Sending Troops To Enforce Integration In Little Rock Ar High School)