If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

Last year, more Americans went to symphonies than went to baseball games. This may be viewed as an alarming statistic, but I think that both baseball and the country will endure.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

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.

If (my grandfather) hadn't left, I'd be working over here at the Albatross Company.

If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all.

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.