Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.