The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.

The unhealthy gap between what we preach in America and what we often practice creates a moral dry rot that eats at the very foundation of our democratic ideals and values.

Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reins, all are unequal.

Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job. . . .

Stretch your mind and fly.