Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.

Prejudice exists and probably will continue to `but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to accept the status quo.'

Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.

The gross national product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and jails for the people who break them ... It does not allow for the health of our families, the quality of thier education, or the joy of their play.

Only those who have the courage to fail greatly achieve greatly.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?