If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.

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

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Did you ever think that making a speech on economy is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.

When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.