"Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society."

"War is a defeat for humanity."

"Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard."

"Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men."

"The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments."

"Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before."

"The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it."