Life is not a spectator sport.
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
I don't like needing anyone for anything.
It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else.
I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.