Every president has taken comfort and courage when told...that the Lord "will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed."

The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.

This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened ... It ought to to be possible, in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color.

One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the Congress passed the Homestead Act, probably the single greatest stimulus to national development ever enacted. Under the impetus of that Act and other laws, more than 1.1 billion acres of the original public main have been transferred to private and non-federal public ownership. The 768 million acres remaining in federal ownership are a valuable national asset.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

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.

There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.