Today we strike away the last major shackle of those fierce and ancient bonds.
If you do this, then you will find, as others have found before you, that the vote is the most powerful instrument ever ...
The right is one which no American, true to our principles, can deny.
I cannot emphasize too strongly my conviction that this action by the Senate must not meet the fate of home rule bills p...
For much too long this nation has tolerated in the District of Columbia conditions that our ancestors fought a revolutio...
I am not disturbed by what some describe as the restlessness among young Americans today, because I share that feeling w...
As it was 189 years ago, so today the cause of America is a revolutionary cause.
This is a rather remarkable and rather splendid achievement.
The bill passed by the Senate will redeem our long neglect.
And we think, as Emerson once put it, 'that our civilization is near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock crowi...
If you want to change what you have seen this summer, and if you want to improve upon it, and if you believe this Govern...
So under times and conditions such as those in which we live, I believe it is imperative that America's arts be encourag...
For much too long we have denied at our nation's capital the principles of representative government for which we stand ...
I feel confident that Members of the House, given the opportunity, will join with Members of the Senate to afford their ...
If you feel like protesting, I hope you will.
This country can be very proud of you young people.
So thank you for coming here to the White House.
I am the man who turns out the lights around this house.
