Ask not what your community can do for you; ask what your community can not do for anyone else.

Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise militarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies.

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

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

It's only when they join together in a forward movement that this country moves ahead.