There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.

What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.

When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied.

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice - however much we might desire it.