"Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some."

"If freedom's best friends cannot unify around a realistic, actionable program of fundamental change, one that attracts and persuades a broad majority of our fellow citizens, big change will not come."

"The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue to mislead Americans that we should change nothing."

"Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing."

"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man."

"A mindful spirit recognizes that the true master is an eternal student."

"The year most of my high school friends and I got our driver's permits, the coolest thing one could do was stand outside after school and twirl one's car keys like a lifeguard whistle. That jingling sound meant freedom and power."

"I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had."