It's only when they join together in a forward movement that this country moves ahead.

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.

Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades to come - compels us to invest in our nation's future, to consider and meet our obligations to our children and the numberless generations that will follow.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.