“For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.”

“The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because it will.”