If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all.

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

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

For one true measure of a nation is its success in fulfilling the promise of a better life for each of its members. Let this be the measure of our nation.

Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.

Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.

Don't ask 'Why', ask instead, 'Why not'.