I earnestly pray that the Omnipotent Being who has not deserted the cause of America in the hour of its extremest hazard, will never yield so fair a heritage of freedom a prey to "Anarchy" or "Despotism"

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

There is an option still left to the United States of America, that it is in their choice and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous or contemptible and miserable as a Nation

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

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America.