The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.

I strongly believe in Scouting. ... It's a source of great strength to us.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

And only the very courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this nation, nourished it as an infant, and carried it through its severest tests upon the attainment of its maturity.

We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on Earth.