"I am not the first President to be shot at. I don't intend to be the last."

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."

"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 fal…"

"The arts, far from being a diversion, are a central element of national purpose, and in the highest sense, are a test of the quality of a civilization."

"A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality."