To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.

The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled.

If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary.

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

'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.

If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.