When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit saying it .

I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects.

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

The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight of their lives is a measure of the quality of a nation.

Our greatest songs are still unsung.

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.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.