“To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.”

“Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.”

“Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans.”

“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”

“Either war is obsolete, or men are.”