People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds.

I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.

To learn something new, you need to try new things and not be afraid to be wrong.

Art is the whisper of history, heard above the noise of time.

If you have time, you need a vision. If you have money you need a purpose.

Tomorrow is not a promise. Tomorrow is a second chance.

Pretending to feel something you don't can often lead you to the real thing, in some form.

Like the truth, retirement can set you free. Or, like work, retirement can imprison you.

Love makes you wise. Love unites. Pain divides. Hate divides even more. Hate separates and brings us down to a very physical plane. Love elevates us to a plane of spirit.

Wynton Marsalis' skills have grown as fast as his ambition, and he is the most ambitious younger composer in Jazz.

We should seek to observe, and then to serve.

Love is the social equivalent of gravity.