Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

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.

If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must motivate any true artist, makes him aware that our nation falls short of its highest potential. I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.

There is nothing more certain and unchanging than uncertainty and change.

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

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

Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.