We need more than individual value systems; we need a shared vision. A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the tensions of daily life. That is what enables them to rise above the conflicts that plague any society.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

Creativity requires the freedom to consider unthinkable alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices.

Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive.

Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess.