Never have the nations of the world had so much to lose, or so much to gain. Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames.

Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one.

I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as a self-governing people to hear everything relevant.

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

Justice delayed is democracy denied.

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

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.