We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
