The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs too much. I shall not stop that preaching.

Our government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free, that civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against abuse of freedom.

A program whose basic thesis is, not that the system of free enterprise for profit has failed in this generation, but that it has not yet been tried!

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.