America is a young country with an old mentality.

I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision.

The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Intellectually, I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations.

America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.