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.

...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that provide them with the same opportunities for dignity and enrichment as the communities that our parents gave us, we've got to start by protecting that infrastructure; the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the landscapes that enrich us.

There are those who 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.

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

The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

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.