As science, of necessity, becomes more involved with itself, so also, of necessity, it becomes more international. I am impressed to know that of the 670 members of this Academy

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

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.

Life in freedom is not easy, and democracy is not perfect.

I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation, or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.