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

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.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it.

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.

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