“ There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. ”

“ Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. ”

“ A child miseducated is a child lost. ”

“ Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. ”

“ We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. ”

“ Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. ”

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

“ The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. ”

“ There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair. ”

“ My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. ”