Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.

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

Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has.

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