Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.

I believe that the country weekly acts as a form of social cement in holding the community together.

We can and should have an abundance of trails for walking, cycling, and horseback riding, in and close to our cities. In the backcountry we need to copy the great Appalachian Trail in all parts of America.

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.