If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

We cannot gamble with American lives. I will not gamble with American lives.

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

If we cannot end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.

But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.