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.

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

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

We live by hope. We do not ever get all we want when we want it. But we have to believe that someday, somehow, some way, it will be better and that we can make it so.

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit saying it .

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.