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

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

Nearly forty years ago, a distinguished Prime Minister of this country ... said, 'They may not be angels but they are at least our friends.'* I must say that I do not think that we probably demonstrated in that forty years that we are angels yet, but I hope we have demonstrated that we are at least friends.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.