Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.

I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort.

No American is ever made better off by pulling a fellow American down, and all of us are made better off whenever any one of us is made better off.

An across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes ... to expand the incentives and opportunities of private expenditures.

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