To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of the United States.

I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.

It takes two to make peace.

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

If men and women are in chains anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere.