Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

What counts now is not just what we are against, but what we are for. Who leads us is less important than what leads us-what convictions, what courage, what faith-win or lose. A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principal can.

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.

In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the public soul

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.