For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

The thing I would like to do most is to find somehow to bring peace to the world. It has eluded me.

Reporters are like puppets. They simply respond to the pull of the most powerful strings.

I believe that the country weekly acts as a form of social cement in holding the community together.

The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.

We need to remember that the separation of church and state must never mean the separation of religious values from the lives of public servants. . . If we who serve free men today are to differ from the tyrants of this age, we must balance the powers in our hands with God in our hearts.

If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.