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Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

The guiding principle of this Nation has been, is now, and ever shall be IN GOD WE TRUST.

No one gains from fair employment law and legislation if there is no employment to be had.

We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

The only significance of analyzing the past is that it does give us some key to the future.

Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgement.

We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.

If men and women are in chains anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere.

Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits

Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.

... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country

Ask not what your community can do for you; ask what your community can not do for anyone else.

I would encourage every American to walk as often as possible. It's more than healthy; it's fun.

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

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.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

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

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

We cannot reform the world.... Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock.

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

The science of weapons and war has made us all one world and one human race with one common destiny.

I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law.

American history is not something dead and over. It is always alive,always growing, always unfinished.

The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln.

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

Will Rogers once said it is not the original investment in a Congressman that counts; it is the upkeep.

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.

All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

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