"The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt"

"There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will"

"The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom"

"Power wears out those who don't have it"

"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind"

"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe"

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist"

"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion"

"The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do"

"These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have"

"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind"