We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

He [Martin Luther King Jr.] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you have a choice about is what you die for.

There is a happy land, Far, far away, Where Saints in glory stand, Bright, bright as day.

We were trying to transform America, not triumph over white folk.

The Soviet Union is going to have a human-rights explosion. You'll have hundreds of thousands of dissidents.

I tried. But not everybody thought so.

I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.