New York, NY
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Testimony to the House Committee on Government Operations, U.S. Court House, Foley Square, New York City
Why shouldn’t young people who will be enticed to smoke by cigarette advertising be spoken for when the tobacco interests are heard so clearly?
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Address Before Young Israel of Pelham Parkway at the Concourse Plaza Hotel, New York City
Most of our fellow citizens do their best—and do it the modest, unspectacular, decent, natural way which is the highest form of public service. But every day in a shameful variety of ways the selfish actions of the small minority sully the honor of our na
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Address Before Young Israel of Pelham Parkway at the Concourse Plaza Hotel, New York City
When our forebears—yours and mine—came to America, they came because this country promised them something. It promised them an opportunity, nourished by education, not merely to grind for a bare living, but to strive for a good life.
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Speech delivered at the 10th Anniversary Convocation for the Center for Study of Democratic Institutions of the Fund for the Republic, New York City
We have found that man’s hold on the globe is a precarious one. We always thought that our destiny was cradled in another Hand. And when Mr. Khrushchev reported that the Cosmonauts
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Speech at the Economic Club of New York
We believe that a healthy business climate is essential. We believe that business must prosper if our citizens are to have a productive and happy life here in the United States and if we are to meet our tremendous commitments and responsibilities abroad.
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Address Before Young Israel of Pelham Parkway at the Concourse Plaza Hotel, New York City
To say that the future will be different from the present and past may be hopelessly self-evident. I must observe regretfully, however, that in politics it can be heresy. It can be denounced as radicalism or branded as subversion.
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Address Before Young Israel of Pelham Parkway at the Concourse Plaza Hotel, New York City
We develop the kind of citizens we deserve. If a large number of our children grow up into frustration and poverty, we must expect to pay the price.
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Address at the New York City Columbus Day Dinner
An America piled high with gold, and clothed in impenetrable armor, yet living among desperate and poor nations in a chaotic world, could neither guarantee its own security nor pursue the dream of a civilization devoted to the fulfillment of man.
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Address at the Sixth Annual Westside Community Conference, Columbia University, New York City
Ever since the onset of the Cold War, we have been urged to “develop” a concise, exacting American manifesto— a platform which would compete with the simple, rousing calls of the Communists.
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Speech at the American Friends of the Hebrew University, New York City
There is a passage in Deuteronomy, in which the Lord says, “And now, O Israel, I hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them.” Commenting on this, the great Rabbis of the Talmudic Age saw its special meaning: “not learning,” they said, “but doing is the principal thing.”
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