We would be slaves instead of free men.

You have had a good year since I spoke to you last March.

Second, be compassionate in your understanding.

Say, 'Except for the grace of God, I might be in that man's position.'

Let all remember--and none forget--that now more than 50 times in these 20 years the United Nations has acted to keep the peace.

The Peace Corps has already shown us what it can do.

Our achievements in education are equally impressive.

I come to raise a voice of confidence in both the future of these United Nations and the fate of the human race.

The taxes that you collect and that we pay have resulted in our building the greatest highways in all the world.

It has removed the excuse of ignorance, unmasked the evil of indifference.

Few programs have had the visible success of Operation Head Start.

You are serving your country well, and with distinction.

It is just as ridiculous to charge a man to vote, and therefore, on that basis, it is in violation of the Constitution.

We do have a free press in our country, but who would ever say to an editorial writer, 'I am going to put a tax on each word that you put in that piece'?

Obey the law of the land, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution of the United States, and act with compassion in the administration of that law.

You refunded $239 million to taxpayers who had made mistakes on their own.

The constructive work of more than 20,000 people over 5 long years--the collaboration of the peoples with whom they have lived--is a real testament to the trust upon which the Peace Corps was founded.

Taxes are never popular.