Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life.

There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations.

Science and time and necessity have propelled us, the United States, to be the general store of the world, dealers in everything. Most of all, merchants for a better way of life.