To sound the alarm is not to panic but to seek action from an aroused public.

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.

Nostalgia is the intimate refuge of every man and every woman in a world seemingly gone mad.

Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose.

Many a year I told her tales. And then the time came for me to watch. And watch I have.

It is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people's business. Each individual must be left free to follow his own path.

You have to have doubts. I have collaborators I work with. I listen and then I decide. That's how it works.

Love is being understanding and compassionate.

I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.

If you love the roses, that is ordinary; if you love the weeds, that is extraordinary! Rather than being common, be extraordinary!

Be an enzyme - a catalyst for change. As a slogan, I don't know if that's ever going to be right up there with Ich Bin Ein Berliner, or “I Have A Dream,” but there's a lot of truth to it.

The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.