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.

I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.

The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities frivolous, or ample provision for them unworthy of the nation's concern.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.

And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of mans deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news-- that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.