War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Are there any more beautiful words in the English dictionary than 'see you tomorrow?

Every great brand goes back to a courageous individual who dared to say 'NO' to the status quo.

From my time at Nokia, I've seen the 99% positive and occasionally negative impact that communication tools can have on people.

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

Without love we could not survive. Human beings are social creatures, and a concern for each other is the very basis of our life together.

I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns.

The purest expression of the doctrine of Liberalism was probably that of Benjamin Constant

Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised.

Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through the disinterested performance of action.

If you are bitter, it will eat you up and do you much more damage than the people who have hurt you