The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled.

I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.

He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such an account as will give him satisfaction.

One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin.

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.

I'm gonna hunker down like a jack rabbit in a dust storm

All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.