It is a spiritually impoverished nation that permits infants and children to be the poorest Americans.

I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is a part of the legacy that I've gotten from so many of the adult elders.

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.

Hope is the best contraceptive.

Children teach us to be courageous and to stand up against injustice.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.