Behind Every Successful Man Is A Proud

Capital, And The Question Of Who Owns It And Therefore Reaps The Benefit Of Its Productiveness, Is An Extremely Important Issue That Is Complementary To The Issue Of Full Employment... I See These As Twin Pillars Of Our Economy: Full Employment Of Our Labor Resources And Widespread Ownership Of Our Capital Resources. Such Twin Pillars Would Go A Long Way In Providing A Firm Underlying Support For Future Economic Growth That Would Be Equitably Shared.

The Great Challenge Which Faces Us Is To Assure That, In Our Society Of Big-ness, We Do Not Strangle The Voice Of Creativity, That The Rules Of The Game Do Not Come To Overshadow Its Purpose, That The Grand Orchestration Of Society Leaves Ample Room For The Man Who Marches To The Music Of Another Drummer.

You Cannot Tell A Poor Boy From A Small Country Town On The Plains Of South Dakota Who Has Had The Opportunity To Be A Teacher, A Mayor, A Senator, And A Vice President, That America Is Not A Nation Of Promise.

I Am Not Here To Judge Whether People Are Locked In Poverty Because Of Themselves Or Because Of The Society In Which They Live. All I Know Is That They Are There And We Are Trying To Do Something About It.

You Cannot Go Around And Keep Score. If You Keep Score On The Good Things And The Bad Things, You'll Find Out That You're A Very Miserable Person. God Gave Man The Ability To Forget, Which Is One Of The Greatest Attributes You Have. Because If You Remember Everything That's Happened To You, You Generally Remember That Which Is The Most Unfortunate.