For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

When written in Chinese, the word ''crisis'' is composed of two characters -- one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.

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

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.

If we cannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

For of those to whom much is given, much is required.