We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
The processes of growth are gradual, bearing fruit in a decade, not a day.
The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
Nor problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
I am grateful to those Members of Congress who worked so diligently to guide the Equal Pay Act through. It is a first step. It affirms our determination that when women enter the labor force they will find equality in their pay envelopes.