...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Don't get mad, get even.

I dream of things that are not and ask why not.

[The overthrow of the Castro regime] is the top priority of the US government. - all else is secondary - no time, no effort, or manpower is to be spared.

I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.