We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.

And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say, be solved if we have the will, the courage, the boldness to face them, face them square.

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.