An artist's working life is marked by intensive application and intense discipline.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

I ask particularly that those of you who are now in school will prepare yourselves to bear the burden of leadership over the next 40 years here in the United States, and make sure that the United States - which I believe almost alone has maintained watch and ward for freedom - that the United States meet its responsibility. That is a wonderful challenge for us as a people.

Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world