A Canadian newspaperman said yesterday that this is the President’s “Easter egghead roll on the White House lawn.” I want to deny that!
In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.
Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have felt that there was a close relationship between a strong vital mind and physical fitness.
For a subject worked and reworked so often in novels, motion pictures, and television, American Indians remain probably the least understood and most misunderstood Americans of us all.
The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today’s military rejects include tomorrow’s hard-core unemployed.
Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger’s skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.
Whether they be young in spirit, or young in age, the members of the Democratic Party must never lose that youthful zest for new ideas and for a better world, which has made us great.
There is, in addition to a courage with which men die; a courage by which men must live.
Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.
No American is ever made better off by pulling a fellow American down, and all of us are made better off whenever any one of us is made better off.
I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.
So let us begin anew – remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.
The very word Secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society.
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.
Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.
I’m an idealist without illusions.
My brother Bob doesn’t want to be in government – he promised Dad he’d go straight.
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I’m the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it.