The function and responsibility of the President is to set before the American people the unfinished business, the things we must do if we are going to succeed as a nation.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

We live in a hemisphere whose own revolution has given birth to the most powerful force of the modern age-the search for the freedom and self-fulfillment of man.

I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as a self-governing people to hear everything relevant.

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country.

This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Where else, in a non-totalitarian country, but in the political profession is the individual expected to sacrifice all-including his own career-for the national good?

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.