Everything that makes man's life worthwhile - family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head - all this depends on the decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government which does not heed the demands of its people, and I mean all of its people.
I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me.
The eradication of racial and religious prejudice in the United States - and in the rest of the world as well - is a long-term process.
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
Freedom possesses many meanings. It speaks not merely in terms of political and religious liberty but also in terms of economic and social progress.
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.
I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man, but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done, and I feel that I'm obliged to do all I can.
In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.
Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good enough to reach them.
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking something away.
The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.
Now I can go back to being ruthless again.
People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister.
If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.
Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.
