A country is as strong, really, as its citizens. And I think that mental and physical health - mental and physical vigor - go hand in hand.

Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.

But wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk together. In too many of our cities today, the peace is not secure because freedom is incomplete." (John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963, American University speech)

I am grateful to those Members of Congress who worked so diligently to guide the Equal Pay Act through. It is a first step. It affirms our determination that when women enter the labor force they will find equality in their pay envelopes.

What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?

... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.