"Smile to life this morning and be assured, ma'am, that this life will make you smile. The present belongs to the optimists."

"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. …"

"...institutions like the House of Lords must die, like all other organic beings, when their time comes."

"Roecker sure is a romantic about certain things, like art and music, though you might not know it from watc…"

"“I would rather see Rome ruled by a man who once had to ask his accountant tricky questions before his stew…"

"One should never be so formal that one loses life, but one should never be so informal that one becomes wit…"

"I was never threatened…I never knew anyone who was lynched. But there was subtle racism every day of my lif…"