The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.
In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.
When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.
Every gift contains a danger. Whatever gift we have we are compelled to express. And if the expression of that gift is blocked, distorted, or merely allowed to languish, then the gift turns against us, and we suffer.
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.
The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources – because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
The noblest search is the search for excellence.
We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.
Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.