The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.

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

History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.

American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

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

Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no more effective than the guarantees of those practiced in our own country.