The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit ... The lesson that most of us on this voyage never learn, but can never quite forget, is that to win is sometimes to lose.

The great question of the seventies is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water?