Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

I see little more important to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.

You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power--men who are not bound by the traditions of the past--men who are not blinded by the old fears and hates and rivalries-- young men who can cast off the old slogans and delusions and suspicions.