But wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk together. In too many of our cities today, the peace is not secure because freedom is incomplete." (John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963, American University speech)

So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will build handsome and balanced cities for our future.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

There are only two realities in life: death and laughter. We can do nothing to change the former, so we might as well do all we can to save the latter.

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside

Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.