I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

I think the success of any school can be measured by the contribution the alumni make to our national life.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great - not for what it is, though of this we are deeply proud - but for what it someday can, and, through the efforts of us all, someday will be.