To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

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.

The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight of their lives is a measure of the quality of a nation.

The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have.

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

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

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.