They (american press) always blame America first!

I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity

For all their faults, right-wing authoritarian regimes more easily accept democratic reforms than left-wing totalitarian states.

Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable.

Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign.

Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the dangers of trying to be the world's midwife to democracy when the birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Cross cultural experience teaches us not simply that people have different beliefs, but that people seek meaning and understand themselves in some sense as members of a cosmos ruled by God.