1. “All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, not in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.”
2. “A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood of ideas in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
3. ”Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certanity is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.”
4. “I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.”
5. “Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.”
6. "Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors."
7. "Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all."
8. “The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.”
9. "The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life."
10. “We choose to go to the moon, not because it's easy but because it's hard.”
11. “We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”
12. “We need men who can dream of things that never were.”