Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.

We cannot exist as a little island of well-being in a world where two-thirds of the people go to bed hungry every night.

The labor movement has a great role to play in our country today.

Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it. At seventy, I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that 'this, too, shall pass!'

The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time. But if you have more projects than you have time for, you are not going to be an unhappy person. This is as much a question of having imagination and curiosity as it is of actually making plans.

Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.