The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.

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

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.

What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.

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

People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in languages we once classified as exotic but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.

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.