America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.

America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.

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

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

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.

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