The people who came to New England, came for freedom of religion. The problem is, freedom of religion to them meant freedom for only their religion

You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.

I believe that it is essential to our leadership in the world and to the development of true democracy in our country to have no discrimination in our country whatsoever. This is most important in the schools of our country.

Staying aloof is not a solution, it is a cowardly evasion.

Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person's stature is as large as one's own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.

I'm sure that all the drivers and motorcycle police had once been racing drivers and were eager to get back to that profession.

If you take stands in any way and people feel that you have any success in - a following, why those who disagree with you are going to feel very strongly about it.