We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.

So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself. I cannot make up my mind - it is made up for me. I cannot live as a democratic citizen, observing the laws I have helped to enact - I can only submit to the edict of others.

Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security.

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties.

The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy