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

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.

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

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.

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.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

The US Airforce assures me that UFO's pose no threat to National Security.

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.

We need men who can dream of things that never were.