Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.
I don't want to say that we are the world in that we are not distinct from each other. I want to say that the humanity that is our foundation is common, but my culture, my beliefs, my values, what makes me sing and what makes me happy and the language I speak in and the relationships I have in the world are distinctive.
Honoring everyone contains the promise of possibility.
Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to those that fortune has not smiled upon.
We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.