Eisenhower: “Now I am sorry that I can't shout any louder, but I do want to say to every one of you: I am so honored that you came…”

Leadership is not proved by a mere whirling across the public stage in a burst of glib oratory.

There has never been a time when the Polish people and Polish fortunes have been absent from the hearts and minds of the American people.

People must meet and understand other people, and so doing make it ever more difficult for governments, responding to false prides or even worse, personal ambitions, to sustain dictatorships.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.