You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

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

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

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

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?

If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.