"Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for."

"Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal."

"We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments."

"It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good."

"It is a steadfast truth that a quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."