In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America's is.

We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.

We can't build a safer world with honorable intentions and good will alone. Achieving the fundamental goals our nation seeks in world affairs - peace, human rights, economics progress national independence and international stability - means supporting our friends and defending our interests.

Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

It should be the right of the individual to decide whether he wants to belong to a union.

Trains are not any more energy efficient than the average automobile, with both getting about 48 passenger miles to the gallon.

America's best days are yet to come.