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We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1936)
- Faith
- Freedom
If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.
Eldridge Cleaver1935–1998Soul on Ice (1968)
- Change
- Race
Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Address to the Republican National Convention, Houston (17 August 1992)
There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism.
Aneurin Bevan1897–1960Resignation speech in the House of Commons (23 April 1951)
- Politics
Farewell!
For in that word, that fatal word,⁠—howe’er
We promise, hope, believe,⁠—there breathes despair.
Lord Byron1788–1824The Corsair (1814), Canto I, stanza 15.
Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life,
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!
Lord Byron1788–1824The Bride of Abydos (1813), Canto II, stanza 20.
Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.
Virgil70–19 BCAeneid (29–19 BC), Book I, Line 207 (tr. Fairclough); spoken by Aeneas.
- Happiness
Some day, perhaps, remembering even this
Will be a pleasure.
Virgil70–19 BCAeneid (29–19 BC), Book I, Line 203 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald)
Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And Hope without an object cannot live.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834Work without Hope (1825), ll. 13-14
- Work
The person who is really in revolt is the optimist, who generally lives and dies in a desperate and suicidal effort to persuade all the other people how good they are.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936The Defendant (1901), “Introduction”
Hope is necessary in every condition.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784The Rambler (1750–1752), No. 67 (6 November 1750)
Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.
MMMignon McLaughlin1913–1983The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook (1981)
So if you feel you are in a black hole, don’t give up. There’s a way out.
Stephen Hawking1942–2018Reith Lecture 2: Black holes ain’t as black as they are painted (2015) · BBC Radio 4 audio file
We are going on swinging bravely forward along the grand high road and already behind the distant mountains is the promise of the sun.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech at Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, Scotland (“Unemployment”), October 10, 1908, in Liberalism and the Social Problem (1909), Churchill, Echo Library (2007), p. 87
No nobler dream was ever dreamt. It is surely nobler to be a victim of the most noble dream than to profit from a sordid reality and to wallow in it.
Leo Strauss1899–1973Commenting upon the Aleinu prayer, in “Why We Remain Jews” (1962)