Like many things in our national life, we miscalculated. We overestimated our ability to control events, which is one of the great dangers of a great power. Power tends to be a substitute for judgment and wisdom.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects.

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

Peace of mind is another way of saying that you've learned how to love, that you have come to appreciate the importance of giving love in order to be worthy of receiving it.