“The president's decision yesterday to set into motion the development of the hydrogen bomb... has placed us on the knife-edge of history.”

“Before this country came on the scene, for thousands of years people did things the same way. Within 200 years of the advent of this nation, men were walking on the moon, and I want us to recognize this is the kind of people that we are. We're creative with a lot of ingenuity and a lot of energy.”