I always get more applause than votes.

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and likes to save, says it would be only 200 million.

I walk where I choose to walk.

Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in a world wherein no authority is infallible.

Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.

The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.

I am not the champion of lost causes, but the champion of causes not yet won.