The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.

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.

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

Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.

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

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.