Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave.

We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.

The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.

As a great democratic society, we have a special responsibility to the arts. For art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color. What freedom alone can bring is the liberation of the human mind and a spirit which finds its greatest flowering in the free society. I see of little more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.

No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God.

The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery.

The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist, is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall where they may.