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.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.

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

If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

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