A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.