It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.

How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?

The best defence of peace is not power, but the removal of the causes of war, and international agreements which will put peace on a stronger foundation, than the terror of destruction.

The only failures are those who fail to try.

As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace.

The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.

We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation.

Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously.

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

The moment we begin to define others and ourselves by how we are different, the seeds of separation are planted.

She wanted to be her, or be with her, or destroy her.

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits.

No society will long survive without mothers who care for their young and provide that nurturing care so essential for their normal development.

I believe that Brother Fidel Castro is one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of the struggle of human beings to attain their human rights.

I think daily life is where the lessons come in - that's where the tests and the growth come in.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.