There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the President has to make often affect the lives of tens of millions of people around the world, but that does not mean that they should take longer to make. Some men can make decisions and some cannot. Some men fret and delay under criticism. I used to have a saying that applies here, and I note that some people have picked it up, If you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.

Some of my best friends never agree with me politically.

This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends to be even more ahistorical than most.

You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future.