Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

You know nothing for sure...except the fact that you know nothing for sure.

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

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.

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

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.