"Whatever you are, be a good one."

"People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes."

"If you want a place in the sun youve got to put up with a few blisters "

"I have every sympathy with the American who was so horrified by what he has read of the effects of smoking that he gave up reading."

"The Declaration of Independence - of the 13 United States of America We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

"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."

"Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America -- that we are fixed and certain only when we are in movement."

"America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American."

"Drugs have taught an entire generation of American kids the metric system."

"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."

"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."

"Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them."

"I hope I don't sound like an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud,but when I hear about people making vast fortunes without doing any productive work or contributing anything to society, my reaction is: 'How can I get in on that?'"

"You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries..."