One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

The very word Secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society.

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

We cannot be satisfied with things as they are. We cannot be satisfied to drift, to rest on our oars, to glide over a sea whose depths are shaken by subterranean upheavals.

Our economy today depends upon women in the labor force. One out of three workers is a woman. Today, there are almost 25 million women employed, and their number is rising faster than the number of men in the labor force.

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

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.