The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.
Whatever one’s religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts – including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.
War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.
There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.
The US Airforce assures me that UFO’s pose no threat to National Security.
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.
The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.
Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass.