I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I look forward to an America which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily enlarge cultural opportunities for all of our citizens. And I look forward to an America which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.

If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking his blessing and his help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.