The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

[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.

GDP does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.

It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children.

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