Never give in and never give up.

When people generally are aware of a problem, it can be said to have entered the public consciousness. When people get on their hind legs and holler, the problem has not only entered the public consciousness -- it has also become a part of the public conscience. At that point, things in our democracy begin to hum.

The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable, and a ruined life is not acceptable.

Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.