In the minds and hearts of the American people, there is a great hunger for peace based on a universal recognition of the values of freedom and human dignity.

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

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

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

The history of the labor movement needs to be taught in every school in this land. America is a living testimonial to what free men and women, organized in free democratic trade unions can do to make a better life. We ought to be proud of it!

Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

I am not here to judge whether people are locked in poverty because of themselves or because of the society in which they live. All I know is that they are there and we are trying to do something about it.