Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute.

History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.

We live by hope. We do not ever get all we want when we want it. But we have to believe that someday, somehow, some way, it will be better and that we can make it so.

Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.