Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

But it is. It’s something you need, and that’s a long way from nothing. If you need it, Eddie, we need it. What we don’t need is a man who can’t let go of the useless baggage of his memories.

Truth wears a crown of thorns

We are born with hope. We grow up with hope. We live with hope. We love with hope. We vanish from this world with eternal hope.

Who would vandalize a doghouse? I ask."Cats?" Bee suggests.

Hmmm... that's interesting.""What?""There seems to be a gentleman walking towards us with a shotgun.

There is not one standard definition of beauty or one perfect size.

Take care of the people, and God Almighty will take care of Himself.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.

I believe that the moment is near when by a procedure of active paranoiac thought, it will be possible to systematize confusion and contribute to the total discrediting of the world of reality.

The world I describe is about how people live now. It's not about zany people with unlimited, inexplicable funds in an apartment somewhere.