Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

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

There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.

All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization.

History is a better guide than good intentions.