“My mother was one of seven girls whose parents went to bed hungry so their children wouldn't. My father lost his mother when he was nine. He left school and went to work for the next 70 years. They emigrated to America with little more than the hope of a better life.”

“But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.”

“On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!”

“The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.”

“We've got the wind at our back right now. Americans are waking up to the realities of their previous choices. We must keep America moving back to preeminence because our values and conservative ideas are the world's greatest hope.”

“When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope.”

“Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.”

“The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.”

“I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.”

“Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom.”

“When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement.”

“Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.”

“I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.”

“Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.”

“Hope is a risk that must be run.”

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”

“I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.”

“My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.”

“At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't.”

“The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.”

“I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.”