Such pip-squeaks as Nixon and McCarthy are trying to get us so frightened of Communism that we'll be afraid to turn out the lights at night.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

Nothing can be controlled by one country today; nothing.

The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the vote.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all.