Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

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

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

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

There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But you live with a spirit of vitality and a spirit of participation, of being wanted, and having something to contribute.

We will have to decide today whether we will design the future or resign ourselves to it.

My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.