I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world.

Men without hope, resigned to despair and oppression, do not make revolutions. It is when expectation replaces submission, when despair is touched with the awareness of possibility, that the forces of human desire and the passion for justice are unloosed.

Courage is the virtue that President Kennedy most admired. He sought out those people who had demonstrated in some way, whether it was on a battlefield or a baseball diamond, in a speech or fighting for a cause, that they had courage that they would stand up, that they could be counted on.

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

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

Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.