One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. And this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.

In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.

Only in winter can you tell which trees are truly green. Only when the winds of adversity blow can you tell whether an individual or a country has steadfastness.

We believe that when men reach beyond this planet, they should leave their national differences behind them.

Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

I can evade questions without help; what I need is answers