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.

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.

Don't get mad, get even.

[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.

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

The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present

...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.