The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education.

While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last.

Political sovereignty is but a mockery without the means of meeting poverty and illiteracy and disease. Self-determination is but a slogan if the future holds no hope.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south.