“The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.”

“As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.”