It is not our wealth that built our roads, but it is our roads that built our wealth.

We don't want to be like the leader in the French Revolution who said There go my people, I must find out where they are going so I can lead them.

You have, at the same time, placed your confidence in me, and in my ability to render a free, fair judgment - to uphold the Constitution and my oath of office - and to reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that might directly or indirectly interfere with my conduct of the Presidency in the national interest.

If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital to an expanding and complex America.

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

I'm an idealist without illusions.

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.