Myślę, że jest to najbardziej niezwykły zbiór talentów, ludzkiej wiedzy, który kiedykolwiek został zebrany w Białym Domu, z możliwym wyjątkiem, gdy Thomas Jefferson jadł sam.
Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. this is not the case. (June 12, 1963)
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.