In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.

I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become.

Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater number whose instinct is to make a deal before they make a decision.

The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians.

Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its potential.