It will be controlled when the people of America, through their elected representatives, demand the right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear..

Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake - but for the future of our nation's sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not our military preparedness - for armed might is worthless if we lack the brainpower to build world peace; not our productive economy - for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government - for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.

'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.

We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.

I'm the only president you've got.

If you're not listening, you're not learning.

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