The mere absence of war is not peace.

The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them. I found that hard to believe, but now I know it is true.

I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source; where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials; and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.