I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American's capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.

No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God. Every president has taken comfort and courage when toldthat the Lord 'will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed.' Each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God. Those who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.