"Tragedy is a tool for living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live"

"Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks said so many years ago to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world let us dedicate ourselves to that"

"Some men see thing as they are and say why I dream things that never were and say why not"

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly"

"In the theatre of man's life it is only for God and angels to be lookers on"

"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal,or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends fourth a tiny ripple of hope."
"Even in our sleep pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until in our own despair against our will comes wisdom by the awful grace of god"

"I would like to be able to love my country and still love justice"

"When I think of President Kennedy I think of what Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet 'When he shall die take him and cut him out into little stars and shall make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun."

"Suppose god is black"

"People are sick of politicians. And they are looking for...just an honest man."

"There go the people-- I must hurry and catch up with them for I am their leader."