Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and especially rendering the Western world in greater peril.

When the Soviet Union walked out of arms control negotiations, and refused even to discuss the issues, the San Francisco Democrats didn't blame Soviet intransigence. They blamed the United States.

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

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.

There is no pure free-market economy.

Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable.