Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'

We all know grandparents whose values transcend passing fads and pressures, and who possess the wisdom of distilled pain and joy.

Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights. We do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people.

I have a great deal of confidence in myself and in my faith.

The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.

My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.