The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

All the historic precedents, the soaring graphs, the staggering statistics - these measure size more than substance. And the largeness and greatness of our nation would be almost a mockery - without a matching greatness of heart and largeness of vision as we look out upon the world.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

If the measure of greatness is to gladden the heart of every human being on the face of the earth, then he truly was the greatest. In every way he was the bravest, the kindest and the most excellent of men.