The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Putting people first has always been America's secret weapon. It's the way we've kept the spirit of our revolutions alive -- a spirit that drives us to dream and dare, and take great risks for a greater good.

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.