It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, "In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!

If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all.

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.