To a certain extent I don't see any real need for socialism in the United States immediately, but things change and it may be that there will come a need for partial changes in our economy.

All big things in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.

About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.

Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.

I feel quite sure that what the American people lack is knowledge.