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• The idea of man leaving this earth and flying to another celestial body and landing there and stepping out and walking over that body has a fascination and a driving force that can get the country to a level of energy
  ambition, and will that I do not see in any other undertaking....
• Human society - man in a group - rises out of its lethargy to new levels of productivity only under the stimulus of deeply inspiring and commonly appreciated goals.
  A lethargic world serves no cause well; a spirited world working diligently toward earnestly desired goals provides the means and the strength toward which many ends can be satisfied....
• Proper attention to Earthly needs of the poor, the depressed and the downtrodde
  would naturally evolve from dynamic, articulate, spirited awareness of the great goals for Man and the society he conspired to erect....
• proper attention to Earthly needs of the poor, the depressed and the downtrodde
  would naturally evolve from dynamic, articulate, spirited awareness of the great goals for Man and the society he conspired to erect....
• The vigor of civilized societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth-while.
  Vigorous societies harbor a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications....
• The challenge of space exploration and particularly of landing men on the moon represents the greatest challenge which has ever faced the human race.
  Even if there were no clear scientific or other arguments for proceeding with this task, the whole history of our civilization would still impel men toward the goal....
• The real reason large families benefit society is because at least a few of the children in the world shouldn't be raised by beginners.
• Most people seem to think that trampling individual rights is OK if it is "for the good of society as a whole.
  However, society is but a large number of individuals, and how can harming the individual parts better the whole?...
• I realize that the MX missile is none of our concern.
  I realize that the whole point of living in a democracy is that we pay professional congresspersons to concern themselves with things like the MX missile so we can be free to concern ourselves with getting hold of the plumber....