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

The road to freedom, here and everywhere, begins in the classroom.

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.

What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.

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

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight of their lives is a measure of the quality of a nation.