America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

George Burns . . . the only man I know who does fool Mother Nature.

There are no degrees of honesty.

May every day be a new beginning, and every dawn bring us closer to that shining city upon a hill.

Our goal is peace. We can gain that peace by strengthening our alliances, by speaking candidly about the dangers before us, by assuring potential adversaries of our seriousness, by actively pursuing every chance of honest and fruitful negotiation.

I believe we must resolve the problem at our southern border with full regard to the problems and needs of Mexico. I have suggested legalizing the entry of Mexican labor into this country on much the same basis you proposed, although I have not put it into the sense of restoring the bracero program.