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

We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

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

The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America.

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.