I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

The measure of a civilization is how it treats those at the dawn of life, the margins of life and the twilight of life.

Our greatest songs are still unsung.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

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