"During the New Deal, people thought to be liberal was to reject socialism on one extreme and fascism on the other, and to preserve capitalism through regulation and a social safety net."

"To try to be at once a Lithuanian yeshiva and a New England prep school: that was the unspoken motto of the Maimonides School of Brookline, Mass., where I studied for 12 years."

"From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up the First Amendment, they inserted a provision in the Constitution expressly prohibiting any religious test for office."

"An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another matter."

"A life well-lived is a testament that the greatest battles are fought within."

"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."

"Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes."

"It was a very profound experience, getting in touch with that part of us, in all of us human beings, that is committed beyond yourself to the point of giving everything you have, including your life, for other people, for your fellow man."