We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders.

Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.

In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.

The Program further aims to make the benefits of American culture and technology available to the world and to enrich American life by exposing it to the science and art of many societies.

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.

The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.

"The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last."

Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.

We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

He was in hell. Worse than that, he was in hell, and someone had set it on repeat.

We need to boost each other to get to the top. It is much more effective than stepping on each other.

Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.

If you wait until everything in your life is perfect before you begin something challenging and new, you'll be waiting forever. The best time is NOW.

Get your calculators out, this will be fun!

Who does not understand should either learn, or be silent.

Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.

Ours is an age that's often obsessed with knowledge at the expense of wisdom.

The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own.

When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.