Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world

There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.

America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.

Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation.

Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power.