The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them. I found that hard to believe, but now I know it is true.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within a few years an increased - not a reduced - flow of revenues to the federal government.

There are no 'white' or 'coloured' signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

The credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

Our present tax system ... exerts too heavy a drag on growth ... It reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking ... The present tax load ... distorts economic judgments and channels an undue amount of energy into efforts to avoidtaxliabilities.