"There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism."

"Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk."

"We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate."

"Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy."

"Fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To conquer fear is to realize that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage."

"To conquer fear is to realize that the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."