But however close we sometimes seem to that dark and final abyss, let no man of peace and freedom despair. For he does not stand alone.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

But because I am a Catholic, and no Catholic has ever been elected president, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured - perhaps deliberately, in some quarters less responsible than this. So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again not what kind of church I believe in - for that should be important only to me - but what kind of America I believe in.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on Earth.

I'm an idealist without illusions.

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.