The mere absence of war is not peace.

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.

Give me liberty or give me d

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.

We learned how to love each other by loving together good things wholly outside each other.

It is significant that whenever the public mind is to be diverted from great social wrong, a crusade is inaugurated against indecency.

Tennessee Williams, one of my favorite playwrights, [lived] down there. You always heard about the Keys and how amazing they are and, well, it's like a highway with some bars on it.

And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself.

I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees.

Nothing is as heady as the wine of possibility

Dependence leads to subservience.