Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.

We had a dog who was named Pushinka, who was given to my father by a Soviet official. And we trained that dog to slide down the slide we had in the back of the White House. Sliding the dog down that slide is probably my first memory.

The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now succeed more than fond memories and fast friendships. The enduring qualities of Massachusetts - the common threads woven by the Pilgrim and the Puritan, the fisherman and the farmer, the Yankee and the immigrant - will not be and could not be forgotten in the Nations Executive Mansion. They are an indelible part of my life, my convictions, my view of the past, my hopes for the future.

Most cities are nouns. New York's a verb.

In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.