America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem-and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people

You cannot become thorough Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American.

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.