The rising tide lifts all the boats.
Life in freedom is not easy, and democracy is not perfect.
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile – it is man’s eternal desire to be free and independent.
A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.
The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
If not us, who? If not now, when?
There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.
Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of the nation.
No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.
Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary.
Of all the multitudes who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank.
Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people.