Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Any woman can weep without tears, " she answered over her shoulder, "and most can heal with their hands. It depends on the wound. She is a woman, Your Highness, and that's riddle enough

You must put all your heart into everything you do.

It is a high spiritual truth that we create with our judgements.

I think no matter what kind of life you have, whether it looks one way to people or another way, you always have moments when you imagine a different life.

There's no point in comparing an actual, operating system with an ideal system that doesn't exist.

At a time when America should be doing everything we can to lead the fight to defeat ISIS and other radical jihadists, Donald Trump is playing right into their hands.

It seems to me to be important to distinguish a good idea from poor implementations of it

I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of dollars.

don't let us get sick, don't let us get old, don't let us get stupid, alright? just make us be brave, and make us play nice, and let us be together tonight.