"The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity."

"Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past."

"A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail."

"War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society."

"Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away."

"The fundamental goal of Republicans and Democrats is to get themselves re-elected."

"We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future."

"It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death."