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

The President is the peoples lobbyist.

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

If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.

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.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

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.