“When our children turn the pages of our lives, I hope they'll see that we had a vision to pass forward a nation as nearly perfect as we could, where there's decency, tolerance, generosity, honesty, courage, common sense, fairness, and piety.” Read Full Quote
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We'll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we'll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.”
“The energy problem is a crisis now. But it can be an historic opportunity to free America forever of dependence on unstable foreign oil that can be turned on and off at will, by those who would use world commerce for economic blackmail and coercion.”
“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”
“It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.”
“As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it, now or ever.”
“We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are not heroes, they just don't know where to look.”
“How can we love our country and not love our countrymen; and loving them, reach out a hand when they fall, heal them when they're sick, and provide opportunity to make them self-sufficient so they will be equal in fact and not just in theory?”
“I know that in the days to come and the years ahead there are going to be many times when there will only be one set of footprints in my life. If I did not believe that, I could not face the days ahead.”
“And to you, my fellow citizens, let us join in a new determination to rebuild the foundation of our society, to work together, to act responsibly.”
“Survival in this era requires us, as those who preceded us, to take freedom in the palm of our hands and never to cower behind a veil of unrealistic optimism.”
“The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government.”
“I'm confident in our ability to work together, to meet and surmount our problems, and to accomplish the goals that we all seek.”
“The poet Carl Sandburg wrote, 'The republic is a dream. Nothing happens unless first a dream.' And that's what makes us, as Americans, different. ”
“The vitality of the United States derives in great measure from the richness of our cultural heritage.”
“Sakharov is one of the true spiritual heroes of our time. An outstanding scientist whose position insured him all the security and comfort he might desire, he was willing to risk all to speak out on behalf of human rights and freedom.”
“Let us also always remember and let the world be aware -- Japan and America will go forward together.”
“During National Nursing Home Week, we are particularly reminded of the needs of nursing home residents.”
“With our courage, with the assurance of continued leadership of great Governors like Dick Thornburgh, we can endure, and we can prevail.”
