To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.

Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.

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

It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining

The future holds little hope for any government where the present holds no hope for the people.

Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only.

There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it.