We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

We must create world-wide law and law enforcement as we outlaw world-wide war and weapon

Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.

If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must motivate any true artist, makes him aware that our nation falls short of its highest potential. I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.

The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.

If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of the United States.