There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.
When historians consider the significance of the Berlin crises of the mid-20th century, I do not believe that they will record it as an incident in the encirclement of freedom. The true view, in my judgment, will be to see it rather as a major episode in the recession of communism.
Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.
If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.
I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister.
People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
