Israel was not created in order to disappear. Israel will endure and flourish.

Privilege is here, and with privilege goes responsibility.

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]

So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all peoples to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly toward it.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts.