There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society.

The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.

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

My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.

There are always those who say legislation can't solve the problem. There is a half-truth involved here. It is true that legislation cannot solve the whole problem. It can solve some of the problem. It may be true that morality can't be legislated, but behavior can be regulated.

I just want to leave a committed life behind.