Not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

I'm for each and against none.

Art is a universal language and through it each nation makes its own unique contribution to the culture of mankind.

Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them.

There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.

For a just and lasting peace, here is my solemn pledge to you: by dedication and patience we will continue, as long as I remain your President, to work for this simple - this single - this exclusive goal.