Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.

I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me.

Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other obligations, are unable or unwilling to go deeper into debt. ... It is, moreover, only prudent economic and social policy for the public to share part of the costs of the long period of higher education for those whose development is essential to our national economic and social well-being. All of us share in the benefits - all should share in the costs.

You know nothing for sure...except the fact that you know nothing for sure.

We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.

Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.