It is not our wealth that built our roads, but it is our roads that built our wealth.

I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me.

A nation that fails to honour its heroes soon will have no heroes to honour.

If the present tries to sit in judgment of the past, it will lose the future.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.

Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Great crises produce great men and great deeds of courage.

We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.