I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.

I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity

Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity.

Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters.

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.