Physical Fitness is the basis for all other forms of excellence.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness, and strength of men who sail the seas in ships.

Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.

If the economy of today were operating close to capacity levels with little unemployment, or if a sudden change in our military requirements should cause a scramble for men and resources, then I would oppose tax reductions as irresponsible and inflationary; and I would not hesitate to recommend a tax increase if that were necessary.

First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon.

There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts.