No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of mind and heart permit it to take part in the complicated and increasingly sophisticated decisions that pour not only upon the President and upon the Congress, but upon all the citizens who exercise the ultimate power.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution.

Our alliance is born, not of fear, but of hope. It is an alliance that advances what we are for, as well as opposes what we are against.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.