Every dollar released from taxation that is spared or invested will help create a new job and a new salary.

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

An artist's working life is marked by intensive application and intense discipline.

There are only two realities in life: death and laughter. We can do nothing to change the former, so we might as well do all we can to save the latter.

The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people - faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment - faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right.

While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last.

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.