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

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

The ... irrational fear of communism is being deliberately used in many quarters to blind us to our real problems.

To be free you must afford freedom to your neighbor, regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin, and that sometimes, for some, is very difficult.

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.

You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory.

If the national security is involved, anything goes. There are no rules. There are people so lacking in roots about what is properand what is improper that they don't know there's anything wrong in breaking into the headquarters of the opposition party.