I also want to take cognizance of the fact that this flight was made out in the open with all the possibilities of failure, which would have been damaging to our country's prestige. Because great risks were taken in that regard, it seems to me that we have some right to claim that this open society of ours which risked much, gained much.

I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice.

... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

There is, in addition to a courage with which men die; a courage by which men must live.

This increase in the life span and in the number of our senior citizens presents this Nation with increased opportunities: the opportunity to draw upon their skill and sagacityand the opportunity to provide the respect and recognition they have earned. It is not enough for a great nation merely to have added new years to lifeour objective must also be to add new life to those years.

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside