History and experience tells us that moral progress cannot come in comfortable and in complacent times, but out of trial and out of confusion. State of the Union Address (1975)
We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government — a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance. State of the Union Address (1975)
Government exists to create and preserve conditions in which people can translate their ideas into practical reality. In the best of times, much is lost in translation. But we try. State of the Union Address (1975)