Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. It is the shaping impulse of America that neither fate nor nature nor the irresistible tides of history, but the work of our own hands, matched to reason and principle.

...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.

We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

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?

Oh no, oh no... don't lift me, don't lift me.