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

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.

None of us would trade freedom of expression for the narrowness of the public censor. America is a free market for people who have something to say, and need not fear to say it.

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

The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.

Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.