If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

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.

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

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

You can't hoot with the owls and then soar with the eagles