We also need the provisions in the tax bill that will permit working mothers to increase the deduction from income tax liability for costs incurred in providing care for their children while the mothers are working. In October the Commission on the Status of Women will report to me. This problem should have a high priority, and I think that whatever we leave undone this year we must move on this in January.

The mere absence of war is not peace.

In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'

And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.