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?

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

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?

The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.

Some men see what is, and ask 'Why?' I see what might be, and ask 'Why Not?'

But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek, as do we, nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.