I've Never Thought My Speeches Were Too

Like Many Things In Our National Life, We Miscalculated. We Overestimated Our Ability To Control Events, Which Is One Of The Great Dangers Of A Great Power. Power Tends To Be A Substitute For Judgment And Wisdom.

We Need An America With The Wisdom Of Experience. But We Must Not Let America Grow Old In Spirit.

The Impersonal Hand Of Government Can Never Replace The Helping Hand Of A Neighbor.

The Right Of Citizens To Bear Arms Is Just One Guarantee Against Arbitrary Government, One More Safeguard Against The Tyranny Which Now Appears Remote In America, But Which Historically Has Proved To Be Always Possible.

More Progress Results From The Violent Execution Of An Imperfect Plan Than The Perfection Of A Plan To Violently Execute.