The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

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.