The final conquest of poverty is within our grasp.

I hear the headlines on the radio, see them on TV and read them in the paper. When I hear from the men out there, I sometimes don't believe they are talking about the same situation.

I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office - and by personal conviction - I am sworn to uphold that tradition.

Law is the great civilizing machinery. It liberates the desire to build and subdues the desire to destroy.

I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.

When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.

A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.