... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days . . .nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required - not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgement.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

I have a nice home, the office is close by, and the pay is good.

Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.