In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and embellish the earth, instead of shaking it.

National isolation breeds national neurosis.

What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence of the people, is fundamental in maintaining a free and open political system.

It is better to gain a foot than to stand still, even when you seek to gain a mile.

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