Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

[E]very human life is a reflection of divinity, and... every act of injustice mars and defaces the image of God in man.

There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

People are often led to causes and often become committed to great ideas through persons who personify those ideas. They have to find the embodiment of the idea in flesh and blood in order to commit themselves to it.