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.

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.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

The history of the labor movement needs to be taught in every school in this land. America is a living testimonial to what free men and women, organized in free democratic trade unions can do to make a better life. We ought to be proud of it!

You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?

What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.