“The cost of freedom is always high.”

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.

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

Justice delayed is democracy denied.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.

Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.

We need people who can dream of things that never were.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don’t have to build a wall to keep my people in.

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

A Black beauty has to protect her skin at all cost.

It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

Who wishes to fight must first count the cost

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

The greed of drug companies is out of control and the cost is human lives.

Our biggest cost is not power, or servers, or people. It’s lack of utilization. It dominates all other costs.