You know nothing for sure...except the fact that you know nothing for sure.

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

Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgement. The artist... faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an offensive state.

Physical Fitness is the basis for all other forms of excellence.

In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner.