Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.

It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining

Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.

I'm gonna hunker down like a jack rabbit in a dust storm

I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.

Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement.

When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.