No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of mind and heart permit it to take part in the complicated and increasingly sophisticated decisions that pour not only upon the President and upon the Congress, but upon all the citizens who exercise the ultimate power.

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail.

The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmounious proportions to produce a creative intelligence.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor - it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.

In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.