Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs of others, and not only what we need immediately. We are all in the same boat.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care

To do good is difficult. One who does good first does something hard to do. I have done many good deeds, and, if my sons, grandsons and their descendants up to the end of the world act in like manner, they too will do much good. But whoever amongst them neglects this, they will do evil. Truly, it is easy to do evil.