The world has experienced a revival of an old faith in the everlasting moral force of justice. At no time in history has there been a more important Conference, or a more necessary meeting, than this one in San Francisco, which you are opening today.

I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he'd taken a poll in Israel? Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin Luther had taken a poll?

The Republican party still helps the rich and sticks a knife in the back of the poor.

There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.

I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.

The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.