“Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.”

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes – one for peace and one for science.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.

The rising tide lifts all the boats.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no citizen, no nation can afford to be satisfied.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.

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.

Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.

I’d rather miss you in your absence then neglect in your presence.

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.

It’s not the absence of fear. It’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the ability to act effectively, in spite of fear.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.