A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass.

It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its tomorrow if its refugees are among its own citizens.

Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.

Euthanasia is a long, smooth-sounding word, and it conceals its danger as long, smooth words do, but the danger is there, nevertheless.

I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not.

The highest civilizations -- the longest to last and I believe the most successful in human terms -- are those which have come the closest to achieving real understanding and mutual appreciation between men and women.

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.