"All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents."

"One person can make a difference and every person should try."

"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."

"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy."

"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind"

"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission."

"We shall never negotiate out of fear, nor shall we fear to negotiate . . . TOGETHER we shall save our planet, TOGETHER we shall perish in its flames. Save it WE CAN, and save it WE MUST. And then, shall we earn the eternal thanks of mankind, and his peacemakers. The eternal blessing of God!"

"our press was protected by the First Amendment-- the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution- -not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply 'give the public what it wants'--but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion."

"those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable"

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

"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people"

"So, let us not be blind to our differences - - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our childrens' future. And we are all mortal."

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