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.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But you live with a spirit of vitality and a spirit of participation, of being wanted, and having something to contribute.

I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them.

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.