If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South America. Is this not why nations engage in the madness of war without the slightest sense of penitence? Is this not why the murder of a citizen of your own nation is a crime, but the murder of citizens of another nation in war is an act of heroic virtue?

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.

A piece of freedom is no longer enough for human beings...unlike bread, a slice of liberty does not finish hunger. Freedom is like life. It cannot be had in installments. Freedom is indivisible--we have it all, or we are not free.

To deny a man a job is to say that a man has no right to exist.

Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world.

It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning.

It's not how long a man lives, but how well he uses the time allotted him.