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

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

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

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them.

This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.