Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art.

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.

A nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America which practices what it preaches about equal rights and social justice will be respected by those whose choice affects our future.

The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.

There are no 'white' or 'coloured' signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

I also want to take cognizance of the fact that this flight was made out in the open with all the possibilities of failure, which would have been damaging to our country's prestige. Because great risks were taken in that regard, it seems to me that we have some right to claim that this open society of ours which risked much, gained much.