The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.

Of course Mahatma Gandhi you might say did not have so much physical vigor but he certainly seemed to have extraordinary resistance, which perhaps is rather different from physical vigor.

You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

Courage is exhilarating.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.