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.

What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?

We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to the utmost, suffice in times such as these.

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.

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