Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

American history is not something dead and over. It is always alive,always growing, always unfinished.

We believe that when men reach beyond this planet, they should leave their national differences behind them.

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves.

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.

The credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.