Those [presidents] who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.

Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

While they came from a variety of religious backgrounds and held a wide variety of religious beliefs, each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God.

I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children - not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women - not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.

I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty ... Neither do I look with favor upon those who would work to subvert Article VI of the Constitution by requiring a religious test - even by indirection.