Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of artthis is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.

Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.

If I don't have a woman every three days or so I get a terrible headache.

We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators.

The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose-and is a test of the quality of a nations' civilization.

I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of the United States and to the cause of freedom around the world.