Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.

Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

The great free nations of the world must take control of our monetary problems if these problems are not to take control of us.

Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.