Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

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

When things don’t go well they like to blame presidents; and that’s something that presidents are paid for.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

If by a ‘Liberal’ they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people—their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties—someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a ‘Liberal,’ then I’m proud to say I’m a ‘Liberal.’

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century.

There is nothing in the record of the past two years when both Houses of Congress have been controlled by the Republican Party which can lead any person to believe that those promises will be fulfilled in the future. They follow the Hitler line—no matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth.

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.