I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict.

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

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.

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

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

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

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.