Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.

It is only common sense to recognize that the great bulk of Americans, whether Republican or Democrat, face many common problems and agree on a number of basic objectives.

The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene.

And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way it is carried out.

The final battle against intolerance is to be fought - not in the chambers of any legislature - but in the hearts of men.

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.