Everything changes but change itself.

If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.

Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe -- the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.

History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color