Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.