Slumism is the pent-up anger of people living on the outside of affluence. Slumism is decay of structure and deterioration of the human spirit. Slumism is a virus which spreads through the body politic. As other "isms," it breeds disorder and demagoguery and hate.

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

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

The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America.

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

It is better to gain a foot than to stand still, even when you seek to gain a mile.

Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.