A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.

Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.

This country was founded by men and women who were dedicated or came to be dedicated to two propositions; first, a strong religious conviction, and secondly a recognition that this conviction could flourish only under a system of freedom.

I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as a self-governing people to hear everything relevant.

There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats, let us not casually reduce "that great past to a trouble of fools." For we need not feel the bitterness of the past to discover its meaning for the present and the future.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.