"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

"It is a steadfast truth that the roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good."

"There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves."