I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened in the long run by a departure from governmental neutrality in spiritual matters.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world.

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

What can change the world today is the same thing that has changed it in the past-an idea and the service of dedicated, committed individuals to that idea.

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.