We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes, is ours to determine by our actions and our choices.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

Anybody who wants to be an ambassador, wants to pay at least $250,000.

It is in that spirit, the spirit of '76, that I ask you to rise and join me in a toast to Chairman Mao, to Premier Chou, to the people of our two countries, and to the hope of our children that peace and harmony can be the legacy of our generation to theirs.

The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.