The rising tide lifts all the boats.

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.

I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as a self-governing people to hear everything relevant.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

This country was founded by men and women who were dedicated or came to be dedicated to two propositions; first, a strong religious conviction, and secondly a recognition that this conviction could flourish only under a system of freedom.

I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.