“Raúl is the best forward in the world.”

"Janet's Repentance" Ch. 10 in Scenes of Clerical Life (1858); this has appeared in paraphrased form as: "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."
Scenes of Clerical Life (1858)

Quotes, IPI speech (2000)
Context: I believe that now we have a profound responsibility to open the gates of opportunity for all the world's people so that they can become stakeholders in the kind of society we would like to build at large in the world and at home. Let me be clear: promoting prosperity throughout the world is a crucial form of forward engagement.
We know how to launch this renaissance — for what has worked to spark the economic boom here in the United States is, at its essence, the way we can spark the fires of growth abroad. The difference is one of degree, not kind.

1963, Speech at Amherst College

Source: Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

http://www.slideshare.net/hazman/frank-sinatra-2436159

Quoted in That's my boy, Brockes, Emma, 2009-02-05, 2004-08-02, The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/aug/02/broadcasting.edinburgh04,
Referring to her role as Bart Simpson.