It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.

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

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?

It is true that my predecessor did not object, as I do, to pictures of one's golf skill in action. But neither, on the other hand, did he ever bean a Secret Serviceman.

The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.