If I get to be president, what can I do anyway? With Congress and the press, what chance do I have to make basic changes?

And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of man's deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news--that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.

A lot of members of Congress just like to hear themselves. They want to issue a press release back home. They want to make a little bit of a splash in the local papers, local TV stations, (but) most of these things aren't going to be enacted into law.

In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.

There has to be a delineation between campaign activity and official activity, ... If I issue a press release that says Mayor Smith will appear and cut the ribbon at the new high school, that is different than saying Mayor Smith is running for re-election, please vote for Mayor Smith.